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		<title>TECHNOLOGY AND DATA: NOAA and Partners Deliver New Climate and Health Data Tool to Public</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 20:18:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Juli Trtanj National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science This week, in conjunction with the release of the Obama Administration Open Data Policy, the interagency U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) launched a new online tool that promises to accelerate research relating &#8230; <a href="https://noaaoceanscience.wordpress.com/2013/05/10/technology-and-data-noaa-and-partners-deliver-new-climate-and-health-data-tool-to-public/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="https://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=noaaoceanscience.wordpress.com&#038;blog=27915328&#038;post=2800&#038;subd=noaaoceanscience&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>NOAA Completes Ship-based mapping of the Northeast Reserves, Puerto Rico</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 20:21:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Tim Battista Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science A team of scientists from NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) and partner organizations just returned from a three and a half week &#8230; <a href="https://noaaoceanscience.wordpress.com/2013/04/24/noaa-completes-ship-based-mapping-of-the-northeast-reserves-puerto-rico/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="https://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=noaaoceanscience.wordpress.com&#038;blog=27915328&#038;post=2745&#038;subd=noaaoceanscience&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>PARTNERSHIPS: Mapping Puerto Rico’s Marine Resources: An Interview with John Christensen, Director of the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 20:10:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an effort to give our readers a sense of why coral research in the Caribbean is so important, NOAA Ocean Science Blogger sat down with NOAA&#8217;s John Christensen, Program Director of the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, to discuss &#8230; <a href="https://noaaoceanscience.wordpress.com/2013/04/10/partnerships-mapping-puerto-ricos-marine-resources-an-interview-with-john-christensen-director-of-the-noaa-coral-reef-conservation-program/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="https://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=noaaoceanscience.wordpress.com&#038;blog=27915328&#038;post=2723&#038;subd=noaaoceanscience&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Vol. 2, Issue 1 – NOAA in the Caribbean Newsletter: Connecting NOAA and Partners across the Caribbean</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 14:15:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Simon Pittman Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science Forecasting hurricanes, mapping coral reefs, monitoring climate change, operating tsunami warning systems, managing fisheries and producing navigation charts are just a few of the NOAA &#8230; <a href="https://noaaoceanscience.wordpress.com/2013/04/02/vol-2-issue-1-noaa-in-the-caribbean-newsletter-connecting-noaa-and-partners-across-the-caribbean/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="https://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=noaaoceanscience.wordpress.com&#038;blog=27915328&#038;post=2706&#038;subd=noaaoceanscience&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Puerto Rico&#8217;s Northeast Reserve: where science and management converge.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 13:37:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Tim Battista Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science The relationship between science conducted to support marine management, and resource management supported by science, is one worth furthering. Historically, these two have not been &#8230; <a href="https://noaaoceanscience.wordpress.com/2013/04/02/puerto-ricos-northeast-reserve-where-science-and-management-converge/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="https://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=noaaoceanscience.wordpress.com&#038;blog=27915328&#038;post=2657&#038;subd=noaaoceanscience&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Partnerships: NCCOS Partners with UAF to Train Next Generation of Science Divers Series, Part 2: Interview with Reid Brewer</title>
		<link>https://noaaoceanscience.wordpress.com/2013/03/14/partnership-how-cold-can-you-go-nccos-partners-with-uaf-to-train-next-generation-of-science-divers-series-part-2-interview-with-dr-reid-brewer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:27:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Reid Brewer, Associate Professor, University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF), Alaska Sea Grant Marine Advisory Program agent in Dutch Harbor NOAA Ocean Science Blogger sat down with Reid Brewer of University of Alaska Fairbanks, giving readers a glimpse into the intersection &#8230; <a href="https://noaaoceanscience.wordpress.com/2013/03/14/partnership-how-cold-can-you-go-nccos-partners-with-uaf-to-train-next-generation-of-science-divers-series-part-2-interview-with-dr-reid-brewer/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="https://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=noaaoceanscience.wordpress.com&#038;blog=27915328&#038;post=2631&#038;subd=noaaoceanscience&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Partnership: NCCOS Science Dive Training Helps Prepare the Next Generation of Science Divers,  Part 1: Overview with Kris Holderied</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Kris Holderied, Director of Kasitsna Bay Laboratory, Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) This is part 1 of a 2 part series on dive training at NCCOS&#8217; Kasitsna Bay Laboratory in Homer, &#8230; <a href="https://noaaoceanscience.wordpress.com/2013/03/11/how-cold-can-you-go-nccos-science-dive-training-helps-prepare-the-next-generation-of-science-divers/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="https://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=noaaoceanscience.wordpress.com&#038;blog=27915328&#038;post=2605&#038;subd=noaaoceanscience&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>PARTNERSHIPS: The Growth of Collaborative Research at a Regional Level Series, Part 3: Interview with Sean Morton, Sanctuary Superintendent</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 20:53:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Part 3 of a three-part series on the Tortugas Ecological Reserve, NOAA Ocean Science Blogger is pleased to sit down with Mr. Sean Morton, Superintendent of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS) of NOAA&#8217;s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries.  As Superintendent, &#8230; <a href="https://noaaoceanscience.wordpress.com/2013/02/01/partnerships-the-growth-of-collaborative-research-at-a-regional-level-series-part-3-an-interview-with-sean-morton-noaa-sanctuary-superintendent/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="https://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=noaaoceanscience.wordpress.com&#038;blog=27915328&#038;post=2546&#038;subd=noaaoceanscience&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 20:36:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an effort to show illustrate the role of economics in coastal and ocean resource conservation and management decision-making, NOAA Ocean Science Blogger sat down with Dr. Vernon (Bob) Leeworthy to talk about a study he conducted before and after &#8230; <a href="https://noaaoceanscience.wordpress.com/2013/02/01/partnerships-the-growth-of-collaborative-research-at-a-regional-level-series-part-2-socioeconomics-focus-with-dr-bob-leeworthy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="https://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=noaaoceanscience.wordpress.com&#038;blog=27915328&#038;post=2543&#038;subd=noaaoceanscience&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an effort to give readers a sense of how research changes over time, building on historical approaches, informing future study directions, NOAA Ocean Science Blogger sat down with NOAA&#8217;s Dr. Chris Jeffrey of the National Centers for Coastal Ocean &#8230; <a href="https://noaaoceanscience.wordpress.com/2013/02/01/partnerships-the-growth-of-collaborative-research-at-a-regional-level-series-part-1-overview-with-dr-chris-jeffrey/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="https://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=noaaoceanscience.wordpress.com&#038;blog=27915328&#038;post=2536&#038;subd=noaaoceanscience&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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