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$15.5M to 4 groups for Gulf of Mexico research

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

This photo provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows workers attending to a stranded pygmy killer whale in Kihei, Hawaii, on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019. Wildlife officials in Hawaii on Tuesday euthanized two emaciated, sick dolphins that stranded on a Maui beach less than a month after another mass stranding in the same area. (Aimee Lemieux/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration via AP)

2 dolphins euthanized after stranding on Hawaii beach

By AUDREY McAVOY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2014, file photo, an endangered female orca leaps from the water while breaching in Puget Sound west of Seattle, Wash. Habitat protections for an endangered population of orcas would be greatly expanded under a proposal to be advanced by NOAA Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

Feds propose major habitat protections for killer whales

By SALLY HO - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks about Hurricane Dorian as he speaks to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump admin. sued by liberal advocacy group for ‘attempts to politicize NOAA’

By Bailey Vogt - The Washington Times

This undated photo provided by the U.S. National Park Service shows a dead seal found on a beach near Kotzebue, Alaska. Federal marine mammal biologists have declared an &quot;unusual mortality event&quot; over the deaths of ice seals off Alaska's northwest coast. The cause of the deaths is not known. The fisheries arm of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says the declaration covers ringed, bearded and spotted seals. (Raime Fronstin/National Park Service via AP)

US biologists eye unusual deaths of Alaska ice seals

By DAN JOLING - Associated Press

Fed grants will boost lobster research, create new extension

Associated Press

President Donald Trump talks with reporters after receiving a briefing on Hurricane Dorian in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

NOAA ripped for backing Trump on Alabama

By Seth Borenstein - Associated Press

President Donald Trump looks at his notes during a briefing on Hurricane Dorian in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

NOAA assailed for defending Trump’s Hurricane Dorian claim

By SETH BORENSTEIN - Associated Press

President Donald Trump holds a chart as he talks with reporters after receiving a briefing on Hurricane Dorian in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Agency reverses course on Trump’s Alabama hurricane claim

By SETH BORENSTEIN and KEVIN FREKING - Associated Press

The Latest: Whale calf found dead in Hawaii mass stranding

Associated Press

A worker handles a melon-headed whale stranded on a beach in Kihei, Hawaii on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019. Authorities sedated and euthanized four small whales after 10 of the animals were stranded alive on a beach on the Hawaii island of Maui. (Matthew Thayer/The News via AP)

5 whales dead after mass stranding on Maui beach

By AUDREY McAVOY - Associated Press

Junar Lim takes photos of Ziah Lim, left, and Arsenia Lim, all of Cavite, the Philippines, at gardens in Town Square in Anchorage, Alaska, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019. Alaska recorded its warmest month ever in July and hot, dry weather has continued in Anchorage and much of the region south of the Alaska Range. (AP Photo/Dan Joling)

Blooms, beasts affected as Alaska records hottest month

By DAN JOLING - Associated Press

Environment concerns add new species to US overfished list

By PATRICK WHITTLE - Associated Press

Officials: Dead Florida dolphin was speared in the head

Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 5, 2017, file photo, residents move a &quot;no wake,&quot; sign through flood waters caused by king tides in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Federal scientists, according to a report released Wednesday, July 10, 2019, predict 40 places in the U.S. will experience higher than normal rates of so-called sunny day flooding this year due to rising sea levels and an abnormal El Nino weather system. (Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP)

‘A floodier future’: Scientists say records will be broken

By WAYNE PARRY - Associated Press

Report: 174 dolphins died from red tide bloom off Florida

By MICHAEL SCHNEIDER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 6, 2017, file photo, provided by NOAA Fisheries a North Pacific right whale swims in the Bering Sea west of Bristol Bay. Federal scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have recorded singing by a rare right whale for the first time. Researchers used moored acoustic recorders to capture patterned calls made by male North Pacific right whales. Researchers detected four distinct songs over eight years at five locations in the southeast Bering Sea. (NOAA Fisheries via AP, File)

Scientists record singing by rare right whale for first time

By DAN JOLING - Associated Press

Map shows Arizona free of short-term drought

By FELICIA FONSECA - Associated Press

NOAA says record rain, snow fell on Iowa over last year

Associated Press

NOAA: 279 dolphins dead on Gulf Coast, triple usual number

By JANET McCONNAUGHEY - Associated Press