NOAA Sea to Sky: Education resource database

The NOAA Voices Program has been collecting and sharing oral history interviews related to the changing environment, climate, oceans and coasts since 2003. Search the collection, listen, and learn from a diversity of experiences. Create your own collection to archive and share.

Keeping our marine transportation system functioning in a way that is safe and efficient requires information about water depth; mapping the shape of the seafloor, lakebed, or coastline; pinpointing the location of possible obstructions; and understanding many other physical features of water bodies. Hydrography is the science behind this information, and surveying is a primary method of obtaining hydrographic data. In this episode, we learn about surveying and NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson's survey missions in the Great Lakes.

On Dive in With NOAA Fisheries, a conversation with Barbara Schroeder, the National Sea Turtle Coordinator in the NOAA Fisheries Office of Protected Resources. Hear about sea turtles, bycatch, and the innovations and solutions getting implemented or developed thanks to some hard-working scientists at NOAA Fisheries, in coordination with industry.

Explore archived episodes of this podcast from NOAA Fisheries.

NOAA Fisheries conducts world-class science to support sustainable marine life and habitats. We manage millions of square miles of ocean (almost 100,000 miles of coastline), support a $244 billion fishing industry, and protect and rebuild endangered marine species and habitats. It’s a huge job. Our podcast, “Dive In with NOAA Fisheries,” is about the work we do and the people behind it.

Healthy coastal habitat is not only important for seafood and recreation, it also plays an important role in reducing climate change. In this episode of Making Waves, NOAA environmental scientist Ariana Sutton-Grier talks about coastal blue carbon, or carbon stored in coastal and ocean ecosystems. A transcript of the podcast is also available.

This archive presents a list of National Ocean Service Diving Deeper podcast titles, publication dates, audio (mp3) links, and transcripts for all episodes released between 2009-2016. This podcast was retired in 2016, replaced by the NOAA Ocean Podcast.

In 2015, NOAA scientists went on a research expedition in the U.S. Virgin Islands aboard the NOAA Ship Nancy Foster to continue to map the Caribbean's sprawling coral reef ecosystem, home to an amazing variety of ocean life. The science team used multibeam sonar, scientific echosounder, underwater gliders, a remotely operated vehicle, and other high-tech tools to locate previously-unknown seafloor habitats; to map out coral reefs in fine detail; and to find 'hotspots' where many species of fish gather to spawn in rhythm with the lunar cycle. Explore their findings through videos, photos, podcasts, and other information.

In this episode we're focusing on something that you've likely at least heard a little bit about in the last few years — garbage patches. Before we dive in to that specific subject, let’s take a step back to discuss the areas of the ocean where trash seems to collect. We're talking about gyres.

Meteotsunamis occur all over the world — including the Great Lakes — but scientists are just beginning to better detect and understand them. In this podcast, learn about new research that advances what we know about these little known, but surprisingly common, weather-driven events.