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Experimental Weekly Sargassum Inundation Report by NOAA and University of South Florida- Status January 5-11, 2021
An Ecosystem Restoration, Conservation & Monitoring Projects Web App for the U.S. Caribbean
The CARICOOS Caribbean Regional Ocean Partnership initiative has developed a new Ecological Restoration, Conservation & Monitoring Projects Web Mapping Application for the Caribbean region. This tool, available in https://arcg.is/1PDabn will allow users at a glance access to current initiatives going on in the US Caribbean and is aimed to facilitate communication between anyone interested and… Read More
Congress Unanimously Passes the Coordinated Ocean Observations Systems and Research Act*
On December 31, 2020, the President signed S. 914, the Coordinated Ocean Observations and Research Act of 2020, into law that reauthorizes the Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS). “We are delighted by the broad support for IOOS and our mission of providing ocean, coastal and Great Lakes data and information to the many… Read More
Sargassum Sub-Regional Outlook Bulletin – January 2021 – Vol 1 – Issue 8
Experimental Weekly Sargassum Inundation Report by NOAA and USF. Status: Dec 29 – Jan 4, 2021.
Outlook of 2020 Sargassum blooms in the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico* Dec 31st, 2020, by University of South Florida Optical Oceanography Lab (huc@usf.edu)
The maps show Sargassum abundance, with warm colors representing high abundance. In December 2020, the overall Sargassum amount increased in the offshore regions of the central Atlantic, including the Central West Atlantic (CWA, i.e., the region east of the Lesser Antilles in the maps above) and the Central East Atlantic (CEA). The following regions remained… Read More
