In early April, NOAA Ship Rainier will begin to map and characterize more than 8,000 square nautical miles of federal waters off Kingman Reef and Palmyra Atoll in the Pacific Ocean. This project is part of the Department of Commerce's implementation of the U.S.<p><p>https://www.marinelink.com/news/noaa-ship-rainier-map-critical-mineral-537446</p></p>