"The islands of Vanuatu can experience very dry or very wet conditions as a result of El Nino and La Nina events. These conditions, along with extreme events like cyclones, can have serious impacts on water quality, food security, infrastructure (like hou...
Directory of remote sensing applications for coral reef management
This directory is part of a suite of tools aimed to help reef managers make better use of remotely sensed data. The directory is deliberately brief and aims to familiarize managers with the opportunities provided by remote sensing. The overall limitations...
NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Location and Elevation of fossil coral reefs deposited during the Last Interglacial in the Bahamas
This Paleoclimatology Study is archived at and available from the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), under the World Data Service (WDS) for Paleoclimatology. The NOAA Paleoclimatology Study Type is Coral. The data include paramete...
C-CAP Land Cover Change, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), Agrihan, 2001-2015
This data set contains the 2001 and 2015 classifications of Agrihan, CNMI and can be used to analyze change. This data set utilized several full or partial WorldView-3 and Quickbird multispectral scenes and the 2001 high-resolution Agrihan C-CAP data set,...
Coral reefs and climate change: Science and management
Shallow water coral reefs are among the most beautiful and diverse of marine ecosystems worldwide. They are also among the most threatened species worldwide due to thermal stress from climate change. How has climate change begun to reshape shallow water c...
C-CAP Land Cover Change, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), Anatahan, 2005 - 2016
This data set consists of land derived from high resolution imagery and was analyzed according to the Coastal Change Analysis Program (C-CAP) protocol to determine land cover. This data set utilized Worldview and Quickbird imagery to determine land cover ...
NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Amédée Island, New Caledonia, 350 Year Coral Sr/Ca SST Reconstruction
This Paleoclimatology Study is archived at and available from the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), under the World Data Service (WDS) for Paleoclimatology. The NOAA Paleoclimatology Study Type is Coral. The data include paramete...
NCCOS National Status and Trends Special Study: Assessing Land Based Sources of Pollution in Tinian, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, from 2013-08-27 to 2013-08-30
This tabular dataset is the result of field sampling of coral tissues (Pocillopora damicornis) and subsequent laboratory chemical analysis for pollutant levels. The pollutants analyzed included trace elements (Al, Ar, Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Pb, Mn, Hg, Ni, Se, A...
Climate change implications for the Arafura and Timor Seas region: assessing vulnerability of marine systems to inform management and conservation
The Arafura and Timor Seas region is shared by Indonesia, Timor Leste, Australia, and Papua New Guinea (PNG), and is at the intersection of the Pacific and Indian oceans. High coastal population densities, degraded habitats, overexploited fisheries, low p...
NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Modern and Holocene Stable Isotope and Trace Element Records from Pacific Panama
This Paleoclimatology Study is archived at and available from the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), under the World Data Service (WDS) for Paleoclimatology. The NOAA Paleoclimatology Study Type is Coral. The data include paramete...
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NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Location and Elevation of fossil coral reefs deposited during the Last Interglacial in the Bahamas
This Paleoclimatology Study is archived at and available from the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), under the World Data Service (WDS) for Paleoclimatology. The NOAA Paleoclimatology Study Type is Coral. The data include paramete...