For engineers and scientists, sometimes failure means progress. When developing a new technology, the process is to field test, fail, tweak, and test again, each time failing a little less and learning what does and does not work until – finally – they get it right. On August 5, 2023, scientists from NOAA’s Great Lakes […]
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NOAA announced $4.2 million in funding awarded to a collaborative project entitled the Florida Regional Ecosystems Stressors Collaborative Assessment (FRESCA), co-led by NOAA’s Atlantic Oceanographic & Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) and the University of Miami, and involving seven different academic and research institutions.
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A landmark study published last week demonstrates that the ocean’s role as a carbon sink and its ability to store anthropogenic, or human-caused, carbon may be weakening. A collaboration among international researchers led by Jens Daniel Müller, Ph.D. (ETH Zurich), this study captures a snapshot of three decades of global interior ocean measurements to determine […]
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The growing concerns of coral bleaching due to the ongoing marine heatwave across South Florida, the Gulf of Mexico, and the greater Caribbean led scientists at NOAA’s Atlantic Oceanographic & Meteorological Lab (AOML) to return to Cheeca Rocks on July 31st and August 1st, 2023.
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LT Tim Holland NOAA Corp Officer, Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory 720.310.0458 Timothy.Holland@noaa.gov Tim_Holland 4301 Rickenbacker Causeway Miami, Florida 33149 AboutCurrent WorkEducationAbout Tim Holland is a Lieutenant (O-3) in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps (NOAA Corps). Over the last few years, he has been supporting the science mission of NOAA. As [...]
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Research Interests I am interested in understanding the impact of ocean acidification and global warming on coral reef communities in the Florida Keys. Taylor Gill Mission: Iconic Reefs Climate Monitoring Coordinator, Coral Program, Ocean Chemistry and Ecosystems Division Google Voice 786.548.0914 Taylor.Gill@noaa.gov Taylor_Gill 4301 Rickenbacker Causeway Miami, Florida 33149 AboutCurrent WorkEducationAwardsAbout Taylor Gill began her [...]
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Esa Peltola Oceanographer, Ocean Chemistry and Ecosystems Division 305.361.4391 Esa.Peltola@noaa.gov 4301 Rickenbacker Causeway Miami, Florida 33149 AboutCurrent WorkPublicationsEducationAwardsAbout Esa Peltola is an oceanographer with the Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory and is currently the Finance Manager for the Ocean Chemistry and Ecosystems Division of AOML. He received his Licentiate Degree from the University of Jyvaskyla [...]
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On National Intern Day, AOML is celebrating our largest internship class ever of 36 interns ranging from high school students to post doctoral fellows. They are joining us from schools across the country, from California to Florida, and are researching corals, microbes, hurricanes, air-sea interaction, ocean acidification, communications strategies, and much more, all within our 4 divisions:
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A marine heatwave has spread across the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean with temperatures ranging between one and three degrees Celsius (~2-4.5˚F) above average. Ocean temperatures around south Florida are the warmest on record for the month of July (dating back to 1981). Marine heatwaves are not unprecedented, but their influence on tropical storm development and coral reef health, as well as the persistence of the current heatwave, are among the causes for concern.
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