National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

3 new coral bleaching alert levels created in wake of extreme heat

Daisy Hips

Temperatures in parts of the world got so hot last year that it caused certain areas of the ocean to ...

Hurricane hunters chase powerful atmospheric rivers

Daisy Hips

Atmospheric rivers are powerful storm systems that can cause intense flooding and billions of dollars in damage. The storms are ...

Kendall Stanley: Disasters waiting

Elaine Hadley

2023 was a disastrous year, and I don’t mean politically as MAGA would have you believe. Nope, Mother Nature hammered ...

Nvidia, Microsoft, Google, and others partner with US government on AI research program

Barbara Terrio

The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced on Wednesday that it is teaming up with some of the biggest names in ...

Giant geomagnetic storm to slam into Earth, fueling auroras across northern US

Daisy Hips

The sun has launched a blob of plasma toward Earth that could trigger a geomagnetic storm in the planet’s magnetic ...

Largest deep-sea coral reef to date is mapped by scientists off the US Atlantic coast

Daisy Hips

WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists have mapped the largest coral reef deep in the ocean, stretching hundreds of miles off the ...

NOAA and the terrible, horrible, no good, very hot year

Daisy Hips

It’s official: Last year ranked as Earth’s hottest year ever recorded. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said in a ...

Great Lakes see little ice as warmer temperatures persist

Elaine Hadley

The Great Lakes — known for ice fishing and frozen winter waves — rang in the New Year almost naked. ...

2023 Arctic Report Card proves “time for action is now,” NOAA says

Daisy Hips

Not unlike the rest of the Earth, this summer was the hottest ever recorded in the Arctic, where scientists say ...

Arctic warming threatens wider world with rising seas-US report

Daisy Hips

By Timothy Gardner and Daniel Trotta (Reuters) – The Arctic experienced the warmest summer on record this year, contributing to ...

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