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COCA News

MERT Hosts Successful Virtual Focus Group Identifying West Coast National Marine Sanctuaries Climate Science Needs

Participants identified rising ocean temperatures, ocean acidification, deoxygenation, harmful algal blooms, extreme events, and the ability to predict and project these changes at scales meaningful to sanctuaries as the most pressing needs.

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Ocean heatwaves dramatically shift habitats

Marine heatwaves across the world’s oceans can displace habitat for sea turtles, whales, and other marine life by 10s to thousands of kilometers. They dramatically shift these animals’ preferred temperatures in a fraction of the time that climate change is expected to do the same, new research funded by NOAA’s Climate Program Office shows.

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CPO’s Marine Ecosystem Climate Risk Team launches partnership with NOAA’s Ecosystem Indicators Working Group

The partnership will help advance the Working Group’s multi-year indicator and platform development effort. 

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Upcoming SARP/COCA virtual seminar at North Carolina Water Resources Research Institute Annual Conference

The seminar, “Wastewater Treatment Along North Carolina’s Changing Coastlines,” will focus on the impacts of coastal hazards (e.g. extreme precipitation, high-tide flooding) and sea level rise on wastewater treatment infrastructure along the coast.

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CPO to host webinar “Exploring socioeconomic methodologies – cost-benefit and beyond”

The webinar is the first in a series that will explore relevant research and applications topics for the “Managing Water Resources Along the Coast” community of practice sponsored jointly by CPO’s COCA and SARP programs.

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Assessing and Communicating Economic Impacts and Risks Associated with Water Resource Management Challenges Along the Coast

NOAA’s COCA and SARP Programs are announcing 11 new two-year projects that will help coastal communities grapple with and assess risks to their water resources management from high tide flooding, extreme precipitation events, and sea level rise. Inspired by work resulting from past SARP and COCA projects, this new research addresses the need to collaboratively

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Supporting Resilient Fishing Communities in the Northeast Region

NOAA CPO’s Coastal and Ocean Climate Applications (COCA) Sustainable Fisheries in a Changing Climate Program is announcing five new projects to support resilient Northeast fishing communities. The new projects will improve understanding of socio-economic impacts from changing climate and ocean conditions on fishing communities from Cape Hatteras, NC through Maine. Ultimately, the results will help

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NOAA’s Climate Program Office awards $22.8M to advance climate understanding and prediction, enhance resilience

NOAA’s Climate Program Office (CPO), part of NOAA’s Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, is announcing a total of $22.8 million in competitive awards to support 62 new projects 1. The diverse set of new projects ranges from explaining long-term trends in atmospheric composition to supporting resiliency in fishing communities. Universities and other research institutions spread

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