Are mermaids real? - NOAA's National Ocean Service
Jun 16, 2024 · Mermaids — those half-human, half-fish sirens of the sea — are legendary sea creatures chronicled in maritime cultures since time immemorial. The ancient Greek epic poet Homer wrote of them in The Odyssey.
Why does the ocean have waves? - NOAA's National Ocean Service
Jun 16, 2024 · Waves are most commonly caused by wind. Wind-driven waves, or surface waves, are created by the friction between wind and surface water. As wind blows across the surface of the ocean or a lake, the continual disturbance creates a wave crest.
Ocean Facts - NOAA's National Ocean Service
The National Ocean Service (NOS) translates science, tools, and services into action, to address threats to coastal areas such as climate change, population growth, port congestion, and contaminants in the environment, all working towards healthy coasts and healthy economies.
What is Ocean Acidification? - NOAA's National Ocean Service
Jun 16, 2024 · Ocean acidification refers to a reduction in the pH of the ocean over an extended period time, caused primarily by uptake of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere.
What is a sea lamprey? - NOAA's National Ocean Service
Jun 16, 2024 · The sea lamprey—an ancient Atlantic fish that wreaked havoc on the Great Lakes—may be America's first destructive invasive species. The rasping mouth of the sea lamprey, an infamous Great Lakes invader. Image credit: …
Ocean Ecosystems: - NOAA's National Ocean Service
The National Ocean Service (NOS) translates science, tools, and services into action, to address threats to coastal areas such as climate change, population growth, port congestion, and contaminants in the environment, all working towards healthy coasts and healthy economies.
NOAA Sea Level Rise Portal - NOAA's National Ocean Service
NOAA Sea Level Rise Portal. Science-based tools allow people to make informed decisions given the sea level changes we are seeing now and predict in the future. Explore tools, services, and educational material available from NOAA and other federal agencies.
NOAA's National Ocean Service
Around the Ocean Service. Innovating coastal resilience: popular marsh model now converted to Python coastal science; NOAA buoy supports disaster response, scientific research, safe navigation tides and currents; NOAA supports response to oil …
NOAA's National Ocean Service: Ocean Facts Category
The National Ocean Service (NOS) translates science, tools, and services into action, to address threats to coastal areas such as climate change, population growth, port congestion, and contaminants in the environment, all working towards healthy coasts and healthy economies.
Ocean Observations: - NOAA's National Ocean Service
In the U.S., where over half of us live along the coast and more than 78 percent of our overseas trade by volume comes and goes along our marine highways, the health of our coasts is intricately connected to the health of our nation's economy. The National Ocean Service (NOS) translates science, tools, and services into action, to address ...