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Expanding Our Offshore Wind Team
We鈥檝e recently added several staff to bolster the offshore wind team at NOAA鈥檚 National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science. With this full team of 13, our employee owners are able to provide more focused support in their areas of expertise, including mapping and spatial modeling, data collection, communications, project management, and partner engagement. Through this work, the team develops regional ecosystem-wide spatial models to inform siting of ocean use sectors, environmental review, and permitting, which provides guidance to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) on suitable locations for offshore wind siting.
Sustainable coastal planning and development increases resiliency, creates jobs, reduces reliance on unsustainable imports, supports renewable energy, and grows the domestic Blue Economy. Check out the NCCOS and spatial planning webpages to learn more.
This team is now providing spatial planning support in all U.S. ocean regions and was recently instrumental in BOEM designating two Wind Energy Areas in the Gulf of Mexico. As offshore wind continues to expand throughout U.S. waters, this team will continue to collaborate with BOEM to support the identification of suitable locations for renewable energy. Future work is slated for the U.S. Central Atlantic, Gulf of Maine, Oregon, and more to come!
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Discovering the Urchin Killer聽
A diver collects a long-spined sea urchin. Credit: Blake Gardner Our employee owners were recently part of a team of detectives on a mission to discover the killer of long-spined sea urchins, Diadema antillarumy, throughout the Caribbean Sea. The infected urchins lose their spines, leaving them more vulnerable to predation or dying after a few…
Engaging in New and Emergent Satellite Technologies聽
麻豆传媒 employee owners (formerly Riverside employees) support the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration鈥檚 (NOAA) National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service鈥檚 (NESDIS) Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR). STAR is the science arm of NESDIS, which acquires and manages the nation鈥檚 environmental satellites for NOAA. Satellite observations are critical to informing situational awareness and…
International Space Station Research and Development Conference聽
麻豆传媒 recently attended the International Space Station Research and Development Conference in Boston, Massachusetts. This conference is a gathering of professionals conducting research and developing technology in the microgravity environment of space. 麻豆传媒 was a gold sponsor for the conference and co-hosted a session entitled Payload Pandemonium along with the director of payload operations for…