Oct 08 Most powerful storm of the year eyes Japan By Ashira Morris The strongest tropical cyclone of 2014 is spinning toward Japan, maintaining winds around 165 miles per hour. Super Typhoon Vongfong is predicted to still be a Category 5 storm by the end of Wednesday, but is not expected to make… Continue reading
Jul 27 Shift in shipping traffic may help save world’s largest animal By Vic Pasquantonio Scientists hope to boost the population of endangered blue whales by changing shipping routes off the coast of California. Continue reading
Jul 21 Earth sees hottest June on record since 1880, NOAA says By Anna Christiansen The world’s heat record was broken for a second consecutive month. With the exception of Antarctica, new temperature highs were recorded on every continent. Continue reading
Jun 22 Great white shark population on the rise after years of decline By Xander Landen Although there are now more great whites swimming in U.S. waters, they are still rarely spotted by humans. There have been only 649 confirmed sightings of the great white between 1800 and 2010. Continue reading
Apr 30 As Pacific acidifies, ‘sea butterflies’ are quickly losing their shells By Elizabeth Shell Scientists have known for some time that shells of the tiniest sea life have been dissolving due to an increasingly polluted ocean. Pteropods, ocean-dwelling snails roughly the size of a thumbnail, have been dubbed by some the "… Continue reading
Mar 24 25 years later, scientists still spot traces of oil from Exxon Valdez spill By Ashley Ahearn, KUOW/EarthFix Twenty-five years ago the Exxon Valdez, an oil tanker bound for Long Beach, Calif., ran aground off of the south coast of Alaska. The vessel released 11 million gallons of oil into Prince William Sound, polluting 1,300 miles of coastline. Continue reading
Feb 20 Despite cold spells in U.S., world had fourth warmest January on record By Joshua Barajas Even though large-scale winter storms have bombarded parts of the U.S. in the last few weeks, global temperatures in January were the fourth warmest on record, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported Thursday. Continue reading
Sep 13 Watch Coping with Climate Change: Arctic Thaw Coping with Climate Change: Arctic Thaw… Continue watching
Oct 18 NOAA Predicts Warmer, Drier Winter for the United States By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy On Thursday, after nine months of record-breaking high temperatures and a scorching drought, scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced their prediction that the winter of 2012/2013 is likely to follow the same trend. This year could… Continue reading
Jul 10 Watch Extreme Weather Records ‘Like a Baseball Player on Steroids’ As temperatures soared past 110 degrees in some states and thunderstorms pummeled the deep South, raising fears of flooding, a new report says climate change has likely influenced the odds of extreme weather. Judy interviews Thomas Karl, director of NOAA's… Continue watching