NOAA Team Captures Video of Wreckfish Swallowing Shark Whole During Rarely...
Perhaps the old saying is true: You are what you eat. And in this case, a shark primed itself to be a decadent meal for a wreckfish that was casually passing by. Researchers who were exploring the...
View ArticleL.A. Among 40 U.S. Cities Expected to Experience Abnormal Flooding Rates Due...
The federal government is warning Americans to brace for a “floodier” future. Government scientists predict 40 places in the U.S. will experience higher than normal rates of so-called sunny day...
View ArticleJune 2019 Was Hottest June in 140 Years of Record Keeping, But Scientists...
Summer is only a month old, but one record has already been smashed. Average thermometer readings around the globe reached previously unseen highs, making June 2019 the hottest June on record,...
View ArticleMore Than 200 Million People Under Watches and Warnings as Heat Wave Grips...
Peak temperatures from a potentially deadly heat wave are expected to begin Friday, and major US cities are taking special measures to prepare — with New York City declaring an emergency. Over the...
View ArticleScientists Discover Species of Tiny Sharks That Glow in the Dark
Sharks are known to stalk and sniff out prey before they attack. But all this newly discovered shark species has to do is glow in the dark, and the prey comes to them. The 5 1/2-inch American Pocket...
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Trained Team Rescues Whale ‘Hog-Tied’ in Rope Near Washington’s Olympic...
A team from the Pacific Northwest Large Whale Entanglement Response Network approaches an entangled humpback whale. (Credit: NOAA) A trained team worked to free a humpback whale that was “hog-tied” in...
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July Was Hottest Month Measured on Earth Since 1880, Scientists Say
July was the hottest month measured on Earth since records began in 1880, the latest in a long line of peaks that scientists say backs up predictions for man-made climate change. Children cool off at a...
View ArticleSanta Barbara Channel Sound System Aims to Keep Whales and Ships Apart
Scientists have installed an underwater sound system they hope will reduce collisions between whales and ships in the Santa Barbara Channel off Southern California. A listening station on the channel...
View ArticleScientists Monitor Marine Heat Wave off West Coast That Resembles ‘The Blob’...
Federal scientists said Thursday they are monitoring a new ocean heat wave off the U.S. West Coast, a development that could badly disrupt marine life including salmon, whales and sea lions. The...
View ArticleFederal Weather Agency Reverses Position on Trump’s Claim of Hurricane Threat...
A federal agency reversed course Friday on the question of whether President Donald Trump tweeted stale information about Hurricane Dorian potentially hitting Alabama, upsetting meteorologists around...
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Hawaii’s Iconic Coral Reefs Threatened by Pacific Heat Wave
A NOAA map of sea surface temperature anomalies in the Pacific Ocean shows a blob of unusually warm water off the U.S. Pacific Coast.(Credit: NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information...
View ArticleSea Turtle Found With Fishing Hook Lodged Into Its Esophagus Released Back...
A sea turtle that arrived at the Aquarium of the Pacific with a fishing hook lodged in its esophagus about a month ago was released back into the wild in Seal Beach on Tuesday. The female green sea...
View ArticleRare White Orca Calf Spotted Off Washington Coast
A rare white orca calf has been spotted along the Washington coast, delighting whale watchers lucky enough to see him. Tl’uk, whose name means “moon” in Coastal Salish, is already something of a local...
View ArticleNearly Half of U.S. Oil Refineries Are in States Prone to Earthquakes,...
After firefighters contained flames at an oil refinery in California, investigators are trying to determine if a recent earthquake is to blame. The fire at a NuStar Energy oil refinery happened after a...
View ArticleNorthern Lights to Be Visible in Parts of U.S. on Wednesday Night Due to...
Thanks to a minor geomagnetic storm, the northern lights may be visible in parts of the northern United States and across Canada on Wednesday night. According to NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center,...
View ArticleThanksgiving Storm Produced Record 75-Foot Wave Off Northern California Coast
The bomb cyclone that pounded the West Coast last week brought with it some of the tallest waves ever recorded off the California coast. A monstrous 75-foot wave was recorded about 20 miles off the...
View ArticleCalifornia Coastal Waters Are Acidifying Twice as Fast as Global Average,...
Waters off the California coast are acidifying twice as fast as the global average, scientists found, threatening major fisheries and sounding the alarm that the ocean can absorb only so much more of...
View ArticleSmoke From Australian Wildfires Shuts Down Capitol Offices, Begins Traveling...
The Australian federal agency responsible for emergency management shuttered its Canberra office due to poor air quality Monday as the nation’s capital choked on smoke from deadly bushfires. On...
View ArticleEarth Had Its Hottest Decade on Record in 2010s, According to 2 U.S. Agencies
The decade that just ended was by far the hottest ever measured on Earth, capped off by the second-warmest year on record, two U.S. agencies reported Wednesday. And scientists said they see no end to...
View ArticleNOAA Emails Show Outrage, Panic Over Trump’s False Claims on Hurricane Dorian
A flurry of newly released emails from scientists and top officials at the federal agency responsible for weather forecasting clearly illustrates the consternation and outright alarm caused by...
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