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NOAA predicts ‘above-average' 2023 Atlantic Hurricane season in updated forecast
The likelihood of an ‘above-normal’ season has increased and forecasters believe the record-warm water temperatures have led to the new outlook.
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Vanishing whale's decline worse than previously thought, feds say
A review of the status of the vanishing North Atlantic right whale found that the animal’s population is in worse shape than previously thought, federal ocean regulators said Monday.
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World's oceans are much warmer than normal this summer
The world’s oceans are much warmer than normal this summer with 40% of the oceans currently experiencing a marine heat wave according to NOAA.
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Earth's hottest day record set, reset three times this week
The hottest day ever on Earth happened on July 3, 2023. The average global temperature reached 62.62 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Aurora Expected to Push Deeper Into the US as Geomagnetic Storm Watch Issued
The northern lights are expected to dip farther south into the northern portion of the US Wednesday night thanks to a large burst of plasma and magnetic field from the sun that kicked off geomagnetic storm watches.
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Oregon Man Captures Video of Boater Running Over Sea Lions
A boater was caught on video purposely hitting groups of sea lions near Hayden Island in Portland.
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Long-Lost Ship, the Ironton, Found in Lake Huron Over a Century After Sinking
Searchers have located the Ironton, a freight schooner that plunged to the bottom of Lake Huron in 1894.
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Climate Change Could Be Culprit in Deaths of Humpback Whales
Humpback whales are dying in greater numbers along the Atlantic Coast, apparently as they follow their food closer to shore in the warming ocean waters, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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Why Are So Many Dead Whales Washing Up on Atlantic Beaches?
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries says the U.S. is experiencing an uptick in whale strandings on the Atlantic, with nearly two dozen whales winding up dead on beaches since Dec. 1, 2022.
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2022 Was Earth's Fifth Or Sixth Warmest on Record, NOAA Says
Government science teams say that 2022 didn’t quite set a record for heat, but it was in the top five or six warmest on record depending on who’s doing the measuring.
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Vanishing Right Whale Must Remain on Endangered List, Feds Say
NOAA’s announcement came a week after Maine’s congressional delegation announced plans to use the federal spending bill to attempt to delay new protections for the whales for six years.