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The 28th named storm of an epic Atlantic hurricane season formed yesterday and is barreling toward Central America as Hurricane Eta today. That ties the record with 2005 for the most storms strong enough to earn a name in a single season. This is also the 12th hurricane to form…

Researcher Shane Elipot releases ocean drifter. Credit: Shane Elipot, Ph.D. University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science researcher Shane Elipot proposes a new approach to monitoring global sea-level rise. Using the existing NOAA Global Drifter Program array of roughly 1,200 buoys that drift freely with ocean…

Rare fishes at Kure. Credit: NOAA/Richard Pyle-Bishop Museum NOAA has published a peer-reviewed State of the Monument report that was jointly produced by the co-trustees of Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. The report includes information on the status and trends of living resources, habitats, ocean conditions, maritime and cultural archaeological resources,…

The NOAA Marine Debris Program (MDP) and the National Parks Service Team recently announced a partnership. The goal of the partnership is to improve the outreach of the Marine Debris Program by tapping into the millions of visitors to national parks. The collaboration will see the MDP install educational and outreach…

Human-caused climate change may worsen droughts Human-caused climate change may worsen drough... 07:44 Don't expect much of a winter wallop this year, except for the pain of worsening drought, U.S. government forecasters said Thursday. Two-thirds of the United States should get a warmer than normal winter, the National Oceanic and…

Don’t expect much of a winter wallop this year, except for the pain of worsening drought, U.S. government forecasters said Thursday.Two-thirds of the United States should get a warmer than normal winter, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted. Only Washington, northern Idaho, Montana, the Dakotas and northwestern Minnesota, will…

Earth sweltered to a record hot September last month, with U.S. climate officials saying there’s nearly a two-to-one chance that 2020 will end up as the globe’s hottest year on record.Boosted by human-caused climate change, global temperatures averaged 60.75 degrees (15.97 Celsius) last month, edging out 2015 and 2016 for…

According to the Corriere della Sera, Genoa’s COVID-19 outbreak was made worse by the lack of ventilation in their locker rooms. The Serie A club has been the hardest hit by far during the second wave of the pandemic, with 22 cases including 17 players. The pace at which the…

NOAA/NASAs Suomi NPP satellite image shows a true-color image of the August Complex and other nearby fires. The August Complex is now the largest fire in the states history as well as a “gigafire” meaning over 1,000,000 acres have been consumed by the blaze. Credit: NOAA/NASA/Worldview NOAA/NASA’s Suomi NPP satellite…

NOAA/NASA's Suomi NPP satellite captured another startling image of the August Complex of fires that has grown to over 1,000,000 acres burned (1,006,140 acres total) and because of that grim milestone the complex has been dubbed a "gigafire." The August Complex is only 58% contained. Inciweb reports that: "In the…