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Photo from 2022 showing brightly-colored waters in the Gulf of Mexico indicate the presence of sediment, detritus, and blooms of marine plants called phytoplankton.

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Smoke and flames from the Gifford wildfire dominate the night sky in the Garcia Wilderness, a 14,000-acre portion of the Los Padres National Forest near Pozo, California on August 12, 2025. The fire started on August 1, 2025 along Highway 166, west of Cuyama and has burned more than 130,000 acres.

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NOAA and partners cut ribbon on new pier, port facility in Charleston, South Carolina

NOAA and partners find smaller-than-anticipated hypoxic zone in Gulf of America