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Hurricane Sandy – Important Links to Monitor

Hurricane Sandy is expected to pass through the Delaware Basin early next week and has the potential to bring heavy rains, strong winds, storm surge, and flooding to the basin. Preparations are currently underway in all four basin states…

More Than 4,360 Dead in Syria War in 2023: Monitor

Beirut, Lebanon —  More than 4,360 people, including combatants and civilians, were killed in Syria’s civil war in 2023, in the thirteenth year since fighting began, a war monitor said on Sunday. The figure was an increase on 2022,…

Monitor History

Painting by Tom Freeman depicting the sinking of the Monitor during a violent storm off North Carolina in the early hours of Dec. 31, 1862. The USS Rhode Island, which had been towing the…

The USS Monitor: The Ironclad Endures

Transcript NARRATOR: It’s March 8, 1862 and an epic battle of the Civil War is underway in the waters off Hampton Roads, Virginia. The Confederate CSS Virginia faces off against its northern…

Monitor – Preserving a Legacy

150 Years Later, Civil War Sailors Laid to Rest Under the swirling clouds of a blustery March day, two fallen heroes of the Civil War were laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery last week, their identities…

What is geodesy?

Many organizations use geodesy to map the U.S. shoreline, determine land boundaries, and improve transportation and navigation safety. To measure points on the Earth’s surface, geodesists assign coordinates (similar to a unique…

Why do we study tides?

Scientists measure the times, heights, and extents of both the inflow and outflow of the tidal waters that support a number of different aspects of our daily lives. Navigating ships safely through shallow water ports, intracoastal…

How do we monitor currents?

Crew from the NOAA Ship Rainier assists in a current survey of waters near Sitka, Alaska. Results from current surveys are used to improve tidal current predictions and to support new

What is the Loop Current?

In this image from the NOAA Environmental Visualization Lab, the loop current in the center of the Gulf of Mexico is large and warm, while winter-chilled water draining the Mississippi

What is an eddy?

The ocean is a huge body of water that is constantly in motion. General patterns of ocean flow are called currents. Sometimes theses currents can pinch off sections and create circular currents of water called an eddy.

How do we monitor tides?

This image shows the Chesapeake City tide station, an active water level gauge that is part of NOAA's National Water Level Observation Network, located in Chesapeake City, Md.

Is the Earth round?

This NASA image shows Earth from space. The image is a combination of data from two satellites. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument aboard NASA’s Terra satellite

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