Ships travel past Southport along the Cape Fear River all the time, and it’s not uncommon to see crowds gather at the city’s waterfront to get a look. On Thursday, ship watchers were treated to something a bit different as the Nancy Foster, a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) vessel, anchored just offshore. Here’s […]
JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM Hawaiian monk seal pup Pa‘aki frolics on the beach with mother Kaiwi in Waikiki on May 21. 1/1 JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM Hawaiian monk seal pup Pa‘aki frolics on the beach with mother Kaiwi in Waikiki on May 21. The Hawaiian monk seal pup named Pa‘aki by students, has weaned after […]
National forecasters issued their most severe hurricane predictions ever on Thursday and warned of an “extraordinary” and active season even as they pleaded that residents prepare — not panic. The numbers are stark: the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration forecasts an “above average” season with 17 to 25 named storms in the Atlantic, agency leaders […]
A May 23 report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration doubled down on previous predictions of destructive hurricanes in 2024 with less than a week from the beginning of hurricane season. With up to 25 named storms possible including four to seven major hurricanes, there is a forecast 85% chance of an above-average year. […]
In the highest hurricane season forecast they have ever issued in May, forecasters with the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday that the coming months may be exceptionally busy. “The forecast for named storms, hurricanes and major hurricanes is the highest NOAA has ever issued for the May outlook,” Rick Spinrad, the agency’s administrator, […]
The first outlook for the 2024 hurricane season in the central Pacific has been released, and for Hawaiian residents, a developing La Niña is expected to dictate how busy the season will be. NOAA’s Central Pacific Hurricane Center, in coordination with the agency’s Climate Prediction Center, expects 1-4 tropical cyclones to traverse the ocean, which […]
(NEXSTAR) – New predictions for the summer season, released by NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center this week, show weather is likely to heat up in almost every corner of the United States. The forecast, which covers June, July and August, indicates nearly every U.S. state with leaning toward a hotter-than-normal summer season. The highest chances are […]
Federal officials on Monday unveiled a set of tools aimed at helping protect people in the United States from the dangers of extreme heat. The resources, developed jointly by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, include new color-coded heat forecasts and a public dashboard showing local heat risks […]
A mysterious shark that may count as the world’s largest predatory fish appears to be in decline off the U.S., prompting a rush to gather as much information as possible about the secretive species, NOAA Fisheries says. So little is known about Pacific sleeper sharks that experts don’t know how many exist, the extent of […]
Extreme ocean heat is causing a mass bleaching event in coral reefs across the globe, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. NOAA on Monday declared that a “4th global coral bleaching event” was taking place and that bleaching had been documented over the last 14 months in every major ocean basin, including off […]
By Gloria Dickie and Alison Withers (Reuters) – Along coastlines from Australia to Kenya to Mexico, many of the world’s colorful coral reefs have turned a ghostly white in what scientists said on Monday amounted to the fourth global bleaching event in the last three decades. At least 54 countries and territories have experienced mass […]
By Gloria Dickie LONDON (Reuters) – The world is on the verge of a fourth mass coral bleaching event which could see wide swathes of tropical reefs die, including parts of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said. Marine biologists are on high alert following months of record-breaking ocean […]