Above:  Aerial view of Government Point, located within Point Conception State Marine Reserve and Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary. This marine protected area contains kelp forests, surfgrass beds, and rocky reefs surrounded by sandy seafloor. It also hosts an abundance of diverse fish, invertebrates, birds, and marine mammals. (Image credit: NOAA)   The National Oceanic...Read More

NOAA’s National Coral Reefs Monitoring Program (NCRMP) launched a new data visualization tool on November 15, 2023 that will provide free and easy-to-access information on the status of U.S. coral reefs.  It is the first tool focusing on shallow tropical coral reef data to be hosted on the NOAA GeoPlatformoffsite link, which is NOAA’s central...Read More