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STUDENT GROUPS GIVE FEDERAL EXECUTIVES AND LAWMAKERS
THEIR PLANS TO FIX OCEAN AND COASTAL PROBLEMS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES
NOAA Joins Coastal America and Federal Partners to Sponsor the
Second National Student Summit in Washington, D.C.
Groups of motivated high school students spent three days in
Washington, D.C., last week presenting plans to fix ocean and
coastal problems in their communities and getting advice from
federal ocean agency executives, Congressional lawmakers, and
ocean scientists and celebrities. The student action plans are
just one part of the National Student Summit on Oceans &
Coasts, which included 120 students from 19 coastal delegations
from a unique combination of science and technical sciences,
social and economic disciplines, and government policy. "This
summit is a way to involve students who are passionate about
the health of our oceans and coastal communities. These scholars
are our future ocean scientists and policy makers, and we all
stand to benefit from efforts to foster creative thinking and
mobilize local communities to address critical coastal and ocean
issues," said Timothy Keeney, NOAA deputy assistant secretary
oceans and atmosphere.
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NOAA
AWARDS MORE THAN $2.25 MILLION TO IMPROVE UNDERSTANDING OF "DEAD
ZONE" IMPACTS ON THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO ECOSYSTEM
— NOAA awarded the first year of funding for multi-year
grants totaling $2,259,872 that will support research into the
causes and impacts of the hypoxic zone in the northern Gulf
of Mexico known as the Dead Zone. These projects are funded
by the NOAA Northern Gulf of Mexico Ecosystems and Hypoxia Assessment,
or NGOMEX, Program. |
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FIND CLEANER AIR ACROSS EASTERN U.S. — A
major smog-forming pollutant is declining over the eastern United
States, according to a new study by scientists at NOAA and the
University of Bremen, Germany. New satellite observations mark
the first time space-based instruments have detected the regional
impact of pollution controls implemented by coal-burning electric
power plants in the 1990s. High-precision instruments aboard
European satellites have detected a 38 percent decline in nitrogen
dioxide in the Ohio River Valley and nearby states between 1999
and 2005, according to the study. |
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EL
NIÑO GAINS STRENGTH — The latest El
Niño/Southern Oscillation Diagnostic Discussion, produced
by scientists at the NOAA Climate Prediction Center, indicates
El Niño conditions are now evident in the tropical Pacific
and should intensify during the next one to three months. However,
this episode is expected to be much weaker than the very strong
1997-1998 El Niño event. |
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