Braun: Podcast #1, Hurricane Katrina

Listen to Ashley Braun (@ashleybraun) for a first-person, scientist’s view of day 1 of the Hurricane Katrina aftermath. On the 10-year anniversary of the disaster, Ashley, an editor at NOAA, presents her first podcast in what we hope is a long series. NOAA...

Scigliano: Star Gazing

Eric Scigliano @SeattleFlotsam is investigating mysteries. In a story for NOAA, he looks into an enigmatic illness of Pacific sea stars and work to identify and track the cause. Eric notes that one factor could be warm water, which also makes an appearance in his...

Reuter: A Steller Project

Where are the Steller sea lions?, asks Rebecca Reuter in two features for the NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center Quarterly Research Report. To find the endangered pinnipeds in the Alaskan summer fog, writes Rebecca, NOAA researchers have to take risks get creative....