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New study reveals record heat and rapid cooling in equatorial Atlantic in 2024

AOML Communications — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 18:59:33 +0000

Originally published as an official press release on the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School’s newsroom website. Atlantic Niño/Niña events can influence hurricane development, but they can be difficult to predict. A new study sheds light on the oceanic chain reaction that can trigger these events, potentially improving our ability to forecast them. A new study […]

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New study indicates Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease may be inhibited by warmer waters

Chris Malanuk — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 14:59:45 +0000

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 […]

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Ocean Month: Exploring and understanding our ocean through research cruises

AOML Communications — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 18:38:18 +0000

Research cruises are essential for scientists to collect data, deploy instrumentation, and maintain ocean observing systems. NOAA regularly conducts research at sea to study the ocean and atmosphere, advancing our understanding of the ocean, monitoring ocean conditions, and ensuring sustainable fisheries and healthy marine habitats. These expeditions provide essential data for weather prediction, ocean acidification […]

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Ocean Month: How and Why We Investigate Ocean Acidification

AOML Communications — Mon, 16 Jun 2025 16:13:43 +0000

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 […]

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Monitoring vital signs: Tools and technologies at the heart of physical oceanography

AOML Communications — Tue, 10 Jun 2025 18:10:26 +0000

In 2018, an Australian couple curiously stumbled upon a bottle of gin washed ashore in Wedge Island, Australia. Yet, there was no gin inside. Rather, preserved within the bottle was a note with the date June 12th, 1886; the name of a German barque, Paula; the ship’s departure and arrival ports; and the exact coordinates […]

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Ocean Month: Identifying the ocean’s role in fueling hurricanes

AOML Communications — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 17:16:58 +0000

Join us as we celebrate and learn about our world ocean throughout National Ocean Month. June 1st not only marks the start of National Ocean Month, it also is the first day of hurricane season. To kick off this year’s Ocean Month, we are looking at the major role the ocean plays in the formation […]

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AOML scientists prepare for an active 2025 hurricane season

AOML Communications — Mon, 02 Jun 2025 14:05:21 +0000

The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season started on June 1 and runs through November 30. NOAA predicts a 30% chance of a near-normal season, a 60% chance of an above-normal season, and a 10% chance of a below-normal season in the Atlantic basin this year: NOAA’s Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) will work with partners […]

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A new model predicts dynamic seawater chemistry on Florida’s coral reefs

Chris Malanuk — Thu, 29 May 2025 21:00:33 +0000

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) […]

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Australia to Thailand: I09N GO-SHIP Cruise Completes Voyage

AOML Communications — Wed, 28 May 2025 14:44:32 +0000

After nearly 40 days at sea, the I09N GO-SHIP cruise (short for “Global Ocean Ship-based Hydrographic Investigations Program”) aboard the R/V Thomas G. Thompson arrived in Phuket, Thailand on April 27th, successfully completing its mission surveying both the Indian Ocean and Bay of Bengal. After departing from Fremantle, Australia on March 21st, the international team of researchers spent weeks collecting data essential for investigating global changes in ocean physics, chemistry, and biology.

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Dive into urban corals with AOML’s newest VR experience

AOML Communications — Tue, 13 May 2025 16:49:32 +0000

For the past three years, scientists at NOAA’s Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) and the Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Science have been uncovering the secrets behind the extraordinary resilience of corals in PortMiami. Now, you can dive into their groundbreaking research like never before with a new virtual reality experience, Unlocking the […]

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