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Earth Day 2018: Celebrating Samoan-American Cooperation in Tackling Environmental Challenges

Earth Day is a day to raise awareness of current environmental challenges and celebrate progress in environmental protection over the past decades. On Earth Day 2018 we celebrate the ingenuity of those who are rising to the many challenges to protect our environment and natural heritage – here you’ll find just some of the many ...

By U.S.Embassy Samoa | 19 April, 2018 | Categories: Business, Culture, Environment, News, Our Ocean, U.S. & Samoa | Tags: Climate Change, Earth Day, NOAA, Samoa, WIBDI

NOAA Research Vessel in Samoa for Joint Project

Scientists from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are in Apia Harbor as part of a joint deep-water research mission between American and Independent Samoa. On Friday morning, science students from several local schools, the National University of Samoa and civil society groups went on-board for a tour of NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer to learn ...

By U.S.Embassy Samoa | 6 March, 2017 | Categories: Environment, News, Our Ocean | Tags: Apia Harbor, Dan Rogers, Global Foundation for Ocean Exploration, Hokulea, NOAA, Okeanos Explorer, Rose Atoll Marine National Monument, U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration