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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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

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Cooking Emissions Rival Fossil Fuels as an Ozone Pollution Source in Los Angeles

4/9/2025

By research.noaa.gov. As the adoption of cleaner-burning engines and electric vehicles drives fossil fuel emissions lower, scientists have discovered that a surprising pollution source is playing a significant role in cooking up ozone in the air over Los Angeles. According to new research from NOAA, the potent and often pungent… SEE MORE

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Ignoring a Warning Sign Ruins a Day of Boating

4/7/2025

By boatingmag.com. Ignoring a warning sign leads to a calamitous day on the bay while boating. Find out what lessons this boater learned. It was a beautiful August afternoon in Maryland, and my fiancée, her granddaughter, and I decided to take my 28-foot cabin cruiser down the South River and… SEE MORE

Image Credits: MARCH 20, 2025: At NOAA's South Pole Atmospheric Baseline Observatory, a wave of snow frames Dark Sector telescopes, giving a final glimpse of sunlight before six months of darkness. (Image credit: Ian Crocker/NOAA)

Last Light at South Pole Brings 6 Months of Darkness

4/5/2025

By noaa.gov. In the Northern Hemisphere, March 20 signals the start of spring. It’s the start of fall in the Southern Hemisphere, where researchers and staff at NOAA’s South Pole Observatory recently witnessed the fading light of the sun and the start of six months of darkness. “As the sun gets low on… SEE MORE