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Scientists study how fire may affect key functions in marshes
(MOSS POINT, Miss.) – Natural resource managers often use prescribed burns in forests to reduce fuels, improve habitat and prepare sites for seeding and planting. When it comes to black needlerush (Juncus roemerianus) marshes, less is known about the potential benefits or drawbacks of using fire for management purposes.

Coastal wetlands are important to communities because they lessen the strength of storms, reduce flooding and offer biodiversity for recreational activities and coastal economies.

Susan Solomon Awarded Volvo Environmental Prize -- The 2009 Volvo Environmental Prize Foundation has named NOAA Senior Scientist Susan Solomon as the recipient of its 2009 environmental prize.

The Volvo Environment Prize is awarded for "Outstanding innovations or scientific discoveries which in broad terms fall within the environmental field."

Under current regulations, the demand for HFCs is expected to increase globally. By 2050 total HFC usage in developing countries is projected to be as much as 800 percent greater than in developed countries and warm the climate as effectively as 5-9 billion tons of carbon dioxide..

Beyond CO²: Study Reveals Growing Importance of HFCs in Climate Warming -- Some of the substances that are helping to avert the destruction of the ozone layer could increasingly contribute to climate warming, according to scientists from NOAA’s Earth System Research Laboratory and their colleagues in a new study published today in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Monitoring Station..

NOAA Scientists, Students to Study Gulf Coast Meteorology -- This month as beachgoers and coastal residents enjoy gentle sea breezes, a group of NOAA scientists and students from Jackson State University will take a deeper look at what happens when the wind blows.

"Sea breezes can be refreshing, but they can also tell us a lot about how the wind moves and what’s moving along with it,” said Will Pendergrass, a NOAA physical scientist and project manager. “During this field study, we’ll concentrate on how sea breezes develop and evolve, as well as what they carry as they move on to land."

NOAA Selects New Cooperative Institute to Study Climate and North Atlantic Ecosystems -- NOAA’s Oceanic and Atmospheric Research and National Marine Fisheries Service, have selected a consortium of five universities for the new Cooperative Institute for North Atlantic Region (CINAR). The institutions will join NOAA to conduct ocean and climate research to better understand the correlation between climate change and variability, fishing practices and fish populations, and to develop an integrated capability to research emerging issues from an ecosystem perspective.

This mother and calf are part of the western population of North Atlantic right whales.

NOAA Expedition Hears Endangered North Atlantic Right Whales off Greenland -- A team of scientists funded by NOAA’s Office of Ocean Exploration and Research recorded the distinctive calls of endangered North Atlantic right whales in an area where it was believed that the historic resident population was hunted to extinction in the early 20th century. Besides providing a better understanding of the whales, the discovery has implications for future shipping in the region.

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Updated 6/23/2009

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