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7 stories for“NOAA”
NOAA teams outplanted corals at 66 meters during a 2026 Gulf mission. The work shows how advanced diving and laboratory science can restore difficult deep habitats.
Aug 2, 2026
NOAA's seventh West Coast ocean-acidification survey is tracking chemistry and marine life during unusual Pacific conditions. The findings matter to reefs, fisheries and divers.
Aug 1, 2026
The fourth global coral bleaching event hit 84 percent of the world's reefs. Here is what that means underwater, and what responsible diving looks like now.
Jun 18, 2026
Tides follow the moon, not the season. Spring tides are the big ones, slack water is not always at high or low tide, and the hour that matters for a dive or a swim is the one the tables show for your own coast.
Sep 23, 2026
Fragments of one coral species regained their algae within days or weeks of contact with a genetically identical healthy partner, though the trick is unlikely to work on whole reefs.
Oct 15, 2026
After hurricanes Lala and Lowell, Hawaii's emergency reef network is reattaching broken coral with cement and steel frames, and a Kauai response targeted more than 2,000 colonies before they died.
Oct 25, 2026
Coral is an animal with a skin a few cells thick. The diver who kneels for a photograph, the snorkeller who stands to adjust a mask, and the oxybenzone in a lotion each do damage that the reef cannot repair in a season.
Jun 4, 2024
