With water temperatures climbing to unprecedented heights, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has added new levels to its alert system to account for increasingly severe coral bleaching and higher mortality rates. Three more alert levels have been added to the coral reef alert system. Alert Level 5, the new highest level classified as “near […]
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management have released a joint strategy on how to safely develop offshore wind and protect endangered North Atlantic right whales. According to the announcement, the strategy places actions under three goals. The first goal is the development of mitigation and support tools. The […]
It’s official: 2023 was the hottest year on record. On Friday (Jan. 12), climate scientists from NASA and NOAA unveiled data showing that temperatures continue to rise at shocking rates, contributing to severe climate-driven weather events worldwide. NOAA’s and NASA’s analyses did not use satellite data or weather forecasts. Instead, their analysis used surface data […]
It’s official: last year ranked as Earth’s hottest year ever recorded. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said in a press conference Friday with NASA that average land and ocean surface temperatures in 2023 were 2.12 degrees Fahrenheit above 20th century averages, easily topping the next closest year, 2016. That wasn’t the only troubling […]