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A coastal beach shoreline with a city and skyline in the background.
December 15, 2022
Podcast: Making coastal decisions
Ocean & Coasts
Two children facing away from the camera lean in front of a bench and work on small jigsaw puzzles. From the other side of the bench, Abigail helps one of the children, gesturing to a piece in front of them. She wears a fabric mask over her mouth and nose, as advised by the CDC during the covid-19 pandemic.
December 2, 2022
Scholar educates about ocean life by drawing connections to culture, art, and STEM concepts
Education
Office of Education
Hollings
Sea level rise is turning nuisance flooding into a “sunny day” event — high-tide flooding that occurs even without a storm.
December 14, 2022
Coming in 2023: Improved high tide flooding predictions
Ocean & Coasts
coasts
A grid of NOAA Education holiday cards. Each card features a NOAA-themed holiday aspect, including: A kelp tree, a buoy, a mug of hot chocolate, a polar bear, a hermit crab, swells, rays, and satellites.
December 12, 2022
Holiday cards: Sea-son's greetings from NOAA Education
Education
Sofia stands on a rocky shore characteristic of the Pacific coast that is covered in seaweed and mussels. Choppy water breaks against it. She smiles at the camera, wearing a jacket, waders, and knee pads and holds a clipboard in one gloved hand and rests the other on a sampling pole.
December 2, 2022
Life in the rocky intertidal: My internship studying dynamics of urchin reproduction and density
Education
Office of Education
Hollings