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Weather forecasting is one of the most vital components of modern society. I challenge you to identify one major aspect of your life not affected by weather information. As important as weather forecasting is to our daily operations, many people are not really aware of how it is done. In…

Divers removing marine debris Courtney Benson What started in the Florida Keys could go nationwide, and that’s a good thing. The National Marine Sanctuary Foundation is out with a report on the impact of marine debris cleanups as part of a program called Goal: Clean Seas Florida Keys. Actress Sissy…

Lightning over field Getty Weather isn't on the mind much these days. The pressing matters of the day make it hard to focus on much else. While it’s important to stay informed about the coronavirus pandemic, the daily onslaught of bad news is often too much to bear all at…

March 19th, 2020 by Cynthia Shahan  Confirming what you might have sensed, it is not simply you sweating more than expected (or enjoying spring in the North when it is generally winter) — indeed, the whole planet is sweating, as February 2020 ranked as the second-hottest February in the 141-year…

(CNN)The US is expected to stay warmer than average through the spring with widespread flooding, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Thursday. 2020 started with the hottest January on record globally, followed by the second warmest February on record. The next three months are likely to continue this temperature…

Main Blog > The First Known Mouthbrooding Deep-Sea Fish Discovered While most fish cast their eggs and sperm in clouds and leave their young to develop by themselves, there are some fish (about 2 percent) who keep their fertilized eggs in their mouths. These fish are called “mouthbreeders”. This is a…

A radar image showing a tornado-warned storm moving into Kauai, HI, early on Tuesday, March 17, ... 2020. Gibson Ridge/NOAA The National Weather Service issued two rare tornado warnings for western Hawaii on Tuesday morning, the first tornado warnings for the state in over a decade. The storms resulted in…

Candidly, there is still no definitive answer on whether warmer Spring temperatures will slow the deadly COVID-19 coronavirus. There is a lot of conventional (and hopeful) wisdom out there that influenza and common colds are seasonal and tend to subside during the warm season so this will too. Bob Henson…

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If this winter season was not very wintery where you live, you're certainly not alone — that was the experience for most of the people in the Northern Hemisphere. According to NOAA, the winter of 2019-2020 was the warmest on record across all continents north of the equator. With an…