Advancing hurricane forecast models happens through years of testing, and a new experimental version of NOAA’s Hurricane Analysis and Forecast System (HAFS) is showing promise in improving track forecast skill and intensity predictions for major hurricanes. Developed by scientists at NOAA’s Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) and Office of Modeling and Development, and the […]
Water masses move over reefs, seagrass beds, and sandbanks – and as they do, the seawater chemistry changes. In the Florida Keys, changes in coral reef carbonate chemistry are driven by benthic metabolism, the origin of the water mass, and the connectivity of habitats. A new study from NOAA’s Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) […]
In a new study, scientists at AOML and the University of Miami’s Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (CIMAS) demonstrated how some genotypes of the reef-building coral Acropora cervicornis (Staghorn Coral), listed on the Endangered Species Act, proved resilient when exposed to high nutrient levels or disease, but not when the two stressors were […]
