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The Atlantic Ocean hurricane season typically starts at the beginning of June and runs through the end of November. In an average season, six major hurricanes occur and the peak time usually occurs in August and September. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has predicted a busy hurricane season…

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A visible satellite image of the cutoff low over the eastern United States on May 19, 2020. NOAA/NASA A long week of soggy weather is on tap for the Carolinas and much of southern Virginia as a stalled upper-level low produces repetitive rounds of drenching rains through Thursday night. Forecasters…

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A federal judge in Virginia has ruled that a salvage firm can retrieve the Marconi wireless telegraph machine that broadcast distress calls from the sinking Titanic ocean liner. In an order released Monday, U.S. District Judge Rebecca Beach Smith agreed that the telegraph is historically and…

Hurricanes are getting stronger, according to a new study, and climate change may be the cause. The findings come from scientists with the University of Wisconsin-Madison and NOAA’s National Center for Environmental Information. Around four decades of hurricane satellite images went into the research, according to the University, building upon…

Home News NASA astronaut Christina Koch shared this view of Hurricane Dorian from the International Space Station on Sept. 2, 2019. (Image: © Astro_Christina/Twitter) Hurricanes are getting stronger as the world gets warmer, according to a new analysis.Studying how hurricanes have changed over time is difficult. The tools scientists use…

Hurricane Harvey over North America in 2017 from GOES-16. GOES stands for Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite. Credit: UW-Madison SSEC In almost every region of the world where hurricanes form, their maximum sustained winds are getting stronger. That is according to a new study by scientists at the National Oceanic and…

Increased frequency and severity of droughts threatens California's endangered salmon population -- but pools that serve as drought refuges could make the difference between life and death for these vulnerable fish, according to a study by researchers from UC Berkeley and California Sea Grant, a partnership between NOAA and Scripps…

Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Geophysical Activity Report and Forecast 16 May 2020 Status Report From: Space Weather Prediction Center (NOAA) Posted: Saturday, May 16, 2020 Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Geophysical Activity Report and Forecast SDF Number 137 Issued at 2200Z on 16 May 2020 IA. Analysis of Solar Active Regions and Activity…