High Tide Flooding Outlook for July 2025
By US Harbors Monthly High Tide Flooding Outlook – July 2025 July is predicted to be a relatively quiet month on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts from a flooding perspective, with no locations forecast to have flooding. On the West Coast, flooding is possible in the southern California harbors of San… SEE HARBORS THAT MAY FLOOD
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Surfers at the Paris Olympics are Staying 10,000 Miles Away on a Cruise Ship in Tahiti
By Scott Way. We’ll bet you didn’t know that the surfing portion of the Paris Summer Olympics is taking place nearly 10,000 miles (16,000 kilometers) away in Tahiti. Neither did we. While the world’s attention is currently focused on Paris, surfers and water enthusiasts are having an entirely different experience… SEE MORE
Erosion Firesale: Nantucket Waterfront Home Assessed At Nearly $2 Million Sold For Just $200,000
By Jason Graziadei When Jane Carlin and her husband Ben Gifford purchased a summer home on Nantucket’s west end in 1988, there was a wide expanse between their new property and the Atlantic Ocean that included three neighboring homes closer to the shore, Sheep Pond Road, and an acre of… SEE MORE
NOAA Scientists are Revolutionizing How Heights & Elevations are Measured
By oceanservice.noaa.gov. Suppose you are buying a new home that is located near a river that routinely floods. During the buying process, you learn that you are required to have flood insurance. A step in the process of obtaining this insurance is to get a certified elevation of your new… SEE MORE
2025 "Best Harbor" Contest Winners Announced
The People Have Spoken: Block Island Wins Again! Grand Winner, Best Harbor in the U.S. for 2025: Block Island, RI Last year’s Grand Winner for Best Harbor in the U.S., Block Island, RI, took home the prize again for 2025. This year saw a record number of votes cast for over… Learn More
The Spanish town powered by waves
By www.bbc.com Ocean_waves via Wikimedia Commons For centuries, inhabitants of the picturesque coastal town of Mutriku have drawn from the ocean’s riches. Now they’re harnessing its immense power. The Basque town of Mutriku owes its soul to the sea. It sits wedged into a bay carved out of the rugged,… SEE MORE
Celebrate Winter With Four New Paper Snowflake Templates
By fisheries.noaa.gov Celebrate the most wonderful time of year with our adorable Woods Hole Science Aquarium paper snowflakes! Enjoy four new designs inspired by a few of our aquarium residents: Atlantic cod, chain dogfish, common spider crab, and diamondback terrapin. Paper Snowflake Templates, NOAA Fisheries Get your paper and scissors… SEE MORE
NOAA: US High Tide Flooding Breaks Records
By NOAA. Trend expected to continue into 2023 and beyond Coastal communities in three locations along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts saw record high tide flooding last year — a trend that is expected to continue into 2023 and beyond without improved flood defenses, according to NOAA. The newly released information… SEE MORE
9 Steps You Can Take To Mitigate Flooding
By Lily Cao Flooding is a significant problem for buildings all around the world, including architectural treasures like the Farnsworth House that have been plagued by the issue time and time again. In particular, one-third of the entire continental U.S. are at risk of flooding this spring, especially the Northern… SEE MORE
What are the Key Climate Themes at Davos?
By Peter Prengaman. DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — While the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia’s war in Ukraine will be focuses of the World Economic Forum’s gathering of business and government leaders, so too will climate change. It’s captured the world’s attention in unignorable and devastating ways. The acceleration of rising temperatures, the ferocity… SEE MORE