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Kids trying on survival suits at the NOAA booth at Seattle Science EXPO Day.

NOAA Opens Its Doors (and Scientists) in City-wide Celebration of Science

As part of the 2^nd annual Seattle Science Festival, NOAA's Seattle Sand Point campus opened its doors to the public.

Visitors had the chance to meet NOAA scientists and managers highlighting different aspects of NOAA's mission.

Learn more about NOAA's involvement in this celebration of science and technology.

New freshwater marsh with the town of Fairhaven, Mass., in the background.

Historic New England Town, Once Plagued by Tack Factory's Toxic Pollution, Enjoys Revitalized Coastal Marshes

For decades, the Atlas Tack Corporation manufactured tacks and bolts in the historic coastal town of Fairhaven, Mass.

But this factory left a toxic legacy of saltwater marshes so stocked with cyanide and heavy metals that the location became a Superfund site.

Learn how NOAA helped direct its successful cleanup and restoration.

A diver removes a mass of nets from a coral reef near Midway Atoll.

NOAA Lifts 14 Metric Tons of Fishing Nets and Plastics from Hawaiian Coral Reefs

A team of NOAA divers recently spent 19 days collecting debris from along the shoreline and in the water around Midway Atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.

Their efforts, part of a restoration plan to restore corals after a 2005 ship grounding, resulted in 14 metric tons of debris removed, including another item washed up from the 2011 Japan tsunami.

Hurricane Katrina before landfall as visible by satellite in the Gulf of Mexico

Are You Ready for this Summer's Hurricane Season?

June is here, and with it comes the start of the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season. Don't wait any longer to make your plans for dealing with severe weather.

Workers and a crane restoring a wetland in Louisiana.

Help Us Plan Early Restoration for the Deepwater Horizon/BP Oil Spill

The natural resource trustees have announced new opportunities for the public to engage in restoration planning for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

We are asking for public input on the scope, content, and any significant issues we should consider as we evaluate the potential environmental effects of early restoration projects.

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