Jane Lubchenco in the news

New NOAA administrator Jane Lubchenco garnered some press attention with her keynote address at Coastal Zome 2009 in Boston and an announcement about the Gulf of Mexico "Dead Zone":

• NOAA's chief poses 'grand' ocean challenge
  [South Coast Today]

BOSTON — The chief of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is challenging the nation to reverse the decline of oceans and coasts and restore them to a "healthy, productive and resilient state" while tackling the issue of climate change.

• NOAA chief says new ocean uses creating conflicts
  [AP via Google]

BOSTON — New pressures on the nation's oceans, from wind turbines to fish farms, are increasingly sparking conflicts with more traditional activities such as shipping and recreational boating and show the need for better planning, the head of the agency overseeing federal ocean research services said Monday.

• New NOAA chief brings attention to dead zone
  [The Miami Herald]
  

NEW ORLEANS -- The "dead zone" off the coasts of Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas, where there is too little oxygen in the water for anything to live, is getting new federal attention under President Barack Obama's administration.

Jane Lubchenco, head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, has scheduled a teleconference Monday with Nancy Rabalais, who has been studying the problem, called hypoxia, since 1970 and is currently measuring this year's hypoxic area.