Oil impacts to the beach environment of Grand Isle, Louisiana. Oil and other chemicals can get into sediments, impacting large coastal areas, threatening human health, and reducing the economic well ...

Active "smoker" hydrothermal vent chimneys about 9 meters tall are found deep in the Mariana Arc region in the Western Pacific Ocean. Credit: Pacific Ring of Fire 2004 Expedition. NOAA Office of Ocean ...

This image from CORA captures historical maximum water levels for California’s San Francisco Bay area. Water-level observations were previously only available from a few locations, tide gauge ...

The U.S. Ocean Enterprise, a thriving ecosystem of businesses connected to ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes monitoring, generates approximately $16.4 billion in revenue annually, according to NOAA's ...

Aerial view of Pensacola, Florida collected by NOAA aircraft on October 11, 2026. The National Geodetic Survey (NGS) is collecting aerial damage assessment images of coastal areas in the aftermath of ...

Rip currents account for more than 80 percent of rescues performed by surf beach lifeguards. They are powerful, channeled currents of water flowing away from shore that quickly pull swimmers out to ...

Coral reefs are home to millions of species. Hidden beneath the ocean waters, coral reefs teem with life. Fish, corals, lobsters, clams, seahorses, sponges, and sea turtles are only a few of the ...

These stumps are evidence that trees once grew here, but due to a constantly changing shoreline, they are now mostly submerged in the ocean. Maritime forests are shoreline estuaries that grow along ...

Coral reefs face numerous threats. Weather-related damage to reefs occurs frequently. Large and powerful waves from hurricanes and cyclones can break apart or flatten large coral heads, scattering ...

Not sure what chart you need or in what format? Check out NOAA’s interactive chart locator. Nearly 2.3 million charts were downloaded within 90 days of the October 2013 beta release of NOAA’s free PDF ...

Atlantic croaker trapped within a derelict or "ghost" crab pot pulled from the York River in Virginia. Derelict fishing gear, sometimes referred to as "ghost gear," is any discarded, lost, or ...