Scientists at AOML employ photogrammetry to monitor coral reef infrastructure at unprecedented scale
In a new study, scientists at AOML and the University of Miami’s Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS) demonstrate how photogrammetry-based techniques enable their team to monitor the persistence and structural complexity of coral reef habitats at an unprecedented scale. Led by John Morris, Ph.D., a CIMAS Postdoctoral Associate with AOML’s Coral Program, […]
Nutrient Biogeochemistry Lab
Nutrient Biogeochemistry Laboratory Performing critical nutrient analysis to monitor water quality and changes in ocean chemistry across coastal and open ocean ecosystems SCROLL TO LEARN MORE What We Do The AOML Ecosystem Assessment group leads the Nutrient Biogeochemistry lab with state-of-the-art equipment and techniques, many of which were developed in-house, to study nutrient dynamics in [...]Ecosystem Assessment Team
Ecosystem Assessment and Modeling Group Conducting holistic, longterm assessments of marine ecosystems <!-- JUMP TO DATA OR SCROLL TO LEARN MORE --> What We Do The Ecosystem Assessment and Modeling (EAM) research group assesses, evaluates, and predicts the state of the marine ecosystem by integrating environmental, biogeochemical, and biological observations collected from oceanographic vessels, small [...]
AOML leads National Coral Reef Monitoring Program operations throughout the Atlantic
The National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) led by NOAA’s Coral Reef Conservation Program is the largest monitoring effort globally to support the conservation of reefs. Scientists with NOAA’s AOML Coral Program and the Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS) lead the monitoring efforts in the Gulf of America, Caribbean and the Atlantic […]
Offspring of opportunity: First-ever spawn collected from urban corals in Miami could bolster future reefs
Scientists at NOAA’s Atlantic Oceanographic & Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) and the Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS) have successfully overseen the first-ever crossbreeding between grooved brain corals (Diploria labyrinthiformis) collected from a highly urbanized site in PortMiami and a nearby reef – a breakthrough that could revolutionize efforts to restore local coral reefs.
Scientist at AOML selected as member of NOAA in the Caribbean Executive Team
Jen McWhorter, Ph.D., a Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Science (CIMAS) Assistant Scientist with AOML’s Ocean Biogeochemistry and Physical Oceanography teams, has been selected to serve a one year term as a member of the NOAA in the Caribbean Executive Team. As a member of the Executive Team, McWhorter will help provide strategic direction […]
AOML is honored with NOPP Excellence in Partnering Award
Phytoplankton covering the ocean’s surface are responsible for over 50% of the oxygen that has been produced on Earth. In a spoonful of oceanwater, there are thousands of these microscopic organisms of different species. And without them, most – if not all – marine food webs would collapse. Studying what species comprise planktonic communities in […]
New study indicates Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease may be inhibited by warmer waters
Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD) is the deadliest known coral disease to species with a hard skeleton (i.e., Scleractinians), causing rapidly-expanding, bare lesions to form across a coral’s skeleton until there is no more living tissue. The pathogen or microbes leading to the spread of this disease have yet to be identified. Yet scientists […]
Ocean Month: How and why we investigate ocean acidification
The ocean and the atmosphere are constantly seeking balance. Gases like oxygen, nitrogen, and carbon move between the ocean’s surface and the atmosphere by billions of metric tons every year. A higher concentration of one gas in the atmosphere leads to more of that gas being taken up by the ocean as the two try […]
