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NOAA cruises set the foundation for restoring crucial Florida ecosystems

AOML Communications — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 19:45:40 +0000

South Florida is comprised of 350 miles of the only barrier coral reef in North America – and the third largest in the world. 1,800 miles of shoreline is lined with mangroves in the Florida Keys alone, which provide coastal protection from storms and support juveniles of commercialized fish species. The region sustains the largest […]

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Failing Upwards: Developing an Autonomous Surface Vehicle to Advance ‘Omics Research

AOML Communications — Thu, 16 Nov 2023 15:44:33 +0000

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 is developing underwater robots to map, measure toxicity of Great Lakes algal blooms

AOML Communications — Wed, 14 Aug 2019 17:42:37 +0000

Two underwater robots will be gliding throughout the western Lake Erie basin this week, as NOAA and its partners at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) test technology to autonomously monitor and measure the toxicity of harmful algal blooms in the Great Lakes.

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