High Tide Flooding Outlook for April 2025

By US Harbors Monthly High Tide Flooding Outlook – April 2025 Northern New England finds itself in the hot seat from a flooding perspective in April, with flooding likely in Boston, Portland, and Bar Harbor, Maine. These higher water levels are likely on and around the full moon, on April 12,… SEE HARBORS THAT MAY FLOOD

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Deep Learning on the Rocky Shore

4/25/2025

By tula.org. Drones allow researchers to do marine surveys from the sky. Now artificial intelligence is offering a quantum leap in image processing. What are your respective backgrounds in working with these kinds of AI processes?  Taylor: I did my master’s degree at Ontario’s University of Waterloo on computer vision systems… SEE MORE

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How Sharks Keep the Ocean Healthy

4/23/2025

By Claire Mullin. Sharks have long been portrayed as terrifying predators of the deep, but really, they are essential guardians of the ocean. Despite their fearsome reputation, these apex predators play a crucial role in maintaining the delicate balance of marine ecosystems. Sharks contribute in ways that might surprise you,… SEE MORE

An X9 flare, which can be seen in the lower half of the sun, captured by GOES-19’s Solar Ultraviolet Imager (SUVI) instrument on Oct. 3, 2024. (Image credit: NOAA)

Five Historically Huge Solar Events

4/21/2025

By noaa.gov. Space weather impacts numerous facets of everyday life, including power grids, communications, airline operations, global positioning systems (GPS), and satellites. In addition, there are a large variety of phenomena that are driven by the variability of the sun over periods ranging from hours to years. Solar flares are… SEE MORE

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Don’t Drain the Swamps: Tidal Wetlands Store Huge Amounts of Carbon

4/19/2025

By tula.org. Research just published by the American Geophysical Union digs deeper into the carbon-storing power of wetlands along North America’s Pacific coast. A new paper featuring Hakai Institute researchers and led by Oregon State University reveals that the forested tidal swamps of the Pacific Northwest, alongside mangroves in Mexico, stash away… SEE MORE

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Threatened Sea Stars Are Finding Refuge in BC Fjords

4/17/2025

By tula.org. A new study suggests that cold-water fjords on British Columbia’s Central Coast could be a marine refuge for threatened sunflower sea stars, which have been hit hard by sea star wasting disease. But recovery may require more than just cold seawater. Scientists at the Hakai Institute are finding… SEE MORE

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Will Shrinking Glaciers Mean More Harmful Algal Blooms?

4/15/2025

By tula.org. Marine algae known as phytoplankton form the essential foundation of marine food webs. Some are dangerous to marine mammals and humans, and researchers are exploring how the diversity and abundance of certain phytoplankton are linked to fresh water—which may be bad news in a changing climate. Toxic algal… SEE MORE

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Assessing the Global Climate in March 2025

4/13/2025

By ncei.noaa.gov. Above-average temperatures cover much of the globe; lowest sea ice extent March Highlights: Temperatures were above average over much of the globe, particularly in the Arctic, but much below average over central Canada and eastern Asia. Global sea ice extent ranked second lowest on record for March; Arctic… SEE MORE

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Assessing the U.S. Climate in March 2025

4/11/2025

By ncei.noaa.gov. Tornadoes in March were more than double the monthly average and three separate outbreaks produced more than 200 tornadoes Key Points: A multi-day severe weather outbreak in the middle of March caused significant damage across several states from Texas to Tennessee, resulting in multiple fatalities. Two EF-4 tornadoes… SEE MORE