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Misery Bay sinkhole Great Lakes Exploration: Lake Huron’s Sinkholes -- NOAA researchers plan to collaborate on a study of offshore freshwater underwater sinkholes, with a goal to produce a detailed physical, chemical and biological picture of an unknown landscape found beneath the waters of Lake Huron.

Fred Gorell accepts Special Act Award from Dr. Richard Spinrad. NOAA Research Recognizes Fred Gorell for Outstanding Leadership -- Fred Gorell, NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration public affairs officer, receives the Special Act Award for outstanding leadership of the Publications Working Group for NOAA’s 200th Celebration.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is pleased to announce that its draft NOAA Education Strategic Plan is now available for public review and the notice has been published in the Federal Register. The draft Plan can also be found at the NOAA Office of Education Web site. Your comments are needed and welcomed. Thank you.

NOAA and Japan Partner Research and Technology Development -- This MOU establishes a framework encouraging joint activities in reference to ocean and climate research and technology development.

NOAA Scientists Among Finalists for Top Public Service Awards -- Two NOAA Research scientists were selected by the Partnership for Public Service as finalists for the 2008 Service to America Medal. Dr. Alexander (Sandy) MacDonald and Dr. Eddie Bernard were selected for their life-saving and educational inventions.

NOAA Selects Two Universities for Arctic and Climate Research Programs -- NOAA announces the competitive selection of collaborative research partners at the Cooperative Institute for Arctic Research (CIFAR) located in Fairbanks, Alaska, and the Cooperative Institute for Climate Science (CICS), in Princeton, N.J. The groups will join NOAA to conduct research in climate change, greenhouse gases, and changes to Arctic ice coverage.

Avoiding Turbulent Travel -- ESRL scientists create forecaster tools and weather displays that increase flight efficiency and safety, and minimize delays; these tools allow air traffic controllers, managers, and aviation dispatchers to make informed decisions about how to route planes around the path of severe weather events and even volcanic ash plumes.

Maintaining an active constituent relations program ensures that OAR and NOAA leadership communicate effectively and often with their most important customers. The recent Severe Weather Research Roundtable solicited input to ensure NOAA’s research priorities will enable us to ensure NOAA is able to provide the observations, sophisticated forecast models, and state-of-the-art technologies our partners and customers will require in the future.

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D is for DROUGHT – NOAA is taking the lead in implementing the National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS), and has been tasked to provide an effective drought early warning system, to coordinate and integrate federal research in support of such system and to build on existing forecasting and assessment programs and partnerships. [more]

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Updated 7/22/2008

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