May 24 WATCH: NOAA predicts another busy hurricane season with 3 to 6 major storms By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press Federal meteorologists are forecasting a record-shattering seventh straight unusually busy Atlantic hurricane season. Continue reading
May 11 Less polluted air is essential for health, but it's also driving more Atlantic hurricanes, study finds By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press A new study from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration finds that cleaner air in Europe and the United States is helping trigger a dramatic increase in the number of Atlantic hurricanes. Continue reading
Feb 17 A new report predicts more frequent, destructive flooding. What drives sea level rise? By Jianjun Yin, The Conversation A sea level scientist explains the two main ways climate change is threatening the coasts. Continue reading
Jan 12 2021's deadliest, coldest, most expensive U.S. disasters, by the numbers By Isabella Isaacs-Thomas The contiguous U.S. suffered the largest number of disaster-related deaths in a decade, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said this week. Continue reading
Dec 22 $475 million settlement proposed in longest-running U.S. oil spill By Janet McConnaughey, Associated Press Sixteen wells off Louisiana have been leaking since September 2004, when a subsea mudslide caused by Hurricane Ivan knocked over a Taylor Energy Co. production platform. Continue reading
Aug 13 July was hottest month on record, NOAA says By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press "This is climate change," said Pennsylvania State University climate scientist Michael Mann. "It is an exclamation mark on a summer of unprecedented heat, drought, wildfires and flooding."… Continue reading
Nov 10 Report sounds an alarm on ongoing decline of U.S. coral reefs By Bobby Caina Calvan, Associated Press A first of its kind assessment of the coral reefs in U.S. waters is sounding the alarm over the role of human activity and climate change in the decline of these sensitive ecosystems, which scientists deem essential to the health… Continue reading
Jan 28 Alaska's Cook Inlet beluga whales continue population decline By Dan Joling, Associated Press A biennial survey conducted by the fisheries arm of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration estimated the population of the white whales at 250 to 317, with a median estimate of 279. Continue reading
Jan 15 The last decade was the hottest on record By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press 2019, the second-warmest year on record, capped off a decade plagued by raging wildfires, melting ice and extreme weather that researchers have repeatedly tied to human activity. Continue reading
Dec 10 Watch 5:04 What a 'sobering' report on Arctic ice loss means for global sea levels Tuesday marked the release of yet another stark report detailing how the increased warming of our atmosphere is transforming the planet. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s annual Arctic Report Card includes some grim news for wildlife, native communities and… Continue watching