Ocean Chemistry and Ecosystems - NOAA's Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory /tag/ocean-chemistry-and-ecosystems/ Preparing the nation for change by studying the ocean, earth & atmosphere Fri, 30 May 2025 15:14:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 /wp-content/uploads/2018/09/NOAA_logo_512x512-150x150.png Ocean Chemistry and Ecosystems - NOAA's Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory /tag/ocean-chemistry-and-ecosystems/ 32 32 A new model predicts dynamic seawater chemistry on Florida’s coral reefs  /a-new-model-predicts-dynamic-seawater-chemistry-on-floridas-coral-reefs/ Thu, 29 May 2025 21:00:33 +0000 /?p=100658 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  /australia-to-thailand-i09n-go-ship-cruise/ Wed, 28 May 2025 14:44:32 +0000 /?p=100362 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 /aomls-new-urban-coralvr-experience/ Tue, 13 May 2025 16:49:32 +0000 /?p=100021 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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]]> New study demonstrates the impacts of multiple stressors on reef-building corals /new-study-demonstrates-the-impacts-of-multiple-stressors-on-reef-building-corals/ Wed, 26 Mar 2025 19:53:01 +0000 /?p=97475 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 […]

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]]> Scientists at AOML monitor the impacts of ocean acidification on reefs with new series of buoys  /ocean-acidification-on-reefs-with-new-series-of-buoys/ Wed, 12 Mar 2025 18:36:51 +0000 /?p=97100 Diver’s drop over the gunnel. Tanks, weights, divers, and a mesh bag full of tools all descend in emerald waters beneath grey skies. Off the vessel’s bow, a yellow beacon blinks with a red flashing light and a thin data cable stretching to the seafloor, all connected to a suite of sensors twenty feet below […]

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]]> Coral Restoration: Using ‘Omics to Strategize and Manage Restoration Efforts /coral-restoration-omics/ Fri, 21 Feb 2025 20:42:19 +0000 /?p=96994 A new study by scientists at the Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) and the Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (CIMAS) provides new insights for effective restoration of the crucial reef-building coral species Acropora palmata, or Elkhorn coral.  Applying ‘Omics techniques to investigate how habitat and coral microbiomes influence ongoing restoration efforts, this […]

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]]> Scientists at AOML measure ocean’s crucial buffering against rising global carbon emissions  /scientists-at-aoml-measure-oceans-crucial-buffering-against-rising-global-carbon-emissions/ Wed, 15 Jan 2025 19:03:07 +0000 /?p=95769 Every year, scientists at AOML participate in the international effort led by the University of Exeter’s Global Systems Institute in developing the annual Global Carbon Budget Report, an assessment of global carbon emissions and the progress towards achieving the climate goals set by the 2016 Paris Agreement. The 2024 Global Carbon Budget Report now indicates […]

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]]> Argo, the ‘crown jewel’ of ocean observing systems, turns 25 /argo-the-crown-jewel-of-ocean-observing-systems-turns-25/ Wed, 11 Dec 2024 16:20:44 +0000 /?p=95394 Originally published on noaa.gov on December 11, 2024. Somewhere in the middle of the ocean, a merchant mariner lowers a cylindrical robotic ocean observing instrument from a ship into the sea to record ocean temperature and salinity. Another instrument is deployed from a plane into the eye of a hurricane to take the pulse of […]

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]]> AOML Take Action Photography Competition /aoml-take-action-photography-competition/ Mon, 11 Nov 2024 15:29:38 +0000 /?p=94952 Whether flying through hurricanes, diving in urban ports to study coral spawning, or sampling deep ocean currents on oceanographic cruises, summer at NOAA’s Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) is filled with scientific activity. To highlight the broad and impactful research conducted at the lab and the passionate scientists driving that work, AOML launched its […]

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]]> BEAMS of Cheeca: shedding light on the resilience of a Florida Keys inshore patch reef /shedding-light-on-the-resilience-of-cheeca-rocks/ Fri, 18 Oct 2024 14:52:45 +0000 /?p=94541 The waves lap at the bow of the RV Cable while glimmers of Cheeca Rocks, a bustling inshore patch reef, ebb and flow into focus below the surface. For eleven consecutive weeks, the Coral Program  at NOAA’s Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) laid anchor at this long-term monitoring site to deploy and maintain Benthic […]

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