Author: US Harbors

Warmer Maine Winters Raise New Concerns

3/14/2022 - By Peter McGuire. Mainers are no strangers to winter road hazards. Bad weather brings dangerous driving conditions. Rock salt eats up undercarriages and metal infrastructure. Springtime thaws bring frost heaves and potholes. For generations, those headaches were at least fairly predictable. But as global climate change warms the state’s winters,… SEE MORE

International Canoe Federation Teams Up with USA’s Carolina Cup

3/14/2022 - WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, NORTH CAROLINA – The International Canoe Federation (ICF) announced it has teamed up with the USA’s Carolina Cup as part of the ICF world series. Carolina Cup will double as an ICF ranking race for standup paddleboard technical and long-distance racing in the open class. “Since 2015, the… SEE MORE

New Analysis Provides More Clues About Pilgrim-era Shipwreck

3/14/2022 - By Mark Pratt. In 1626, a ship foundered in stormy seas and wrecked on Cape Cod, where the passengers were aided by the local Indigenous population and the Pilgrims in nearby Plymouth. Now the most in-depth scientific analysis of timbers found more than 150 years ago has provided the best… SEE MORE

Late Winter Storm Bringing Snow to US South, Northeast

3/12/2022 - A late winter storm blowing into the northeastern United States on Saturday had forecasters warning of as much as a foot of snow and high winds after the system brought wintry conditions to southern states. The National Weather Service said 7 to 12 inches (18 to 30 centimeters) could be… SEE MORE

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Safety 101: Winter Driving Tips

3/12/2022 - Severe weather can be both frightening and dangerous for travelers. Winter storms, bad weather and sloppy road conditions are a factor in nearly half a million crashes and more than 2,000 road deaths every winter, according to research by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. Drivers should know the safety rules for… SEE MORE

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Endurance: Explorer Shackleton’s Ship Found After a Century

3/10/2022 - By Christina Larson and Jill Lawless. Researchers have discovered the remarkably well-preserved wreck of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton’s ship, Endurance, in 10,000 feet of icy water, a century after it was swallowed up by Antarctic ice during what proved to be one of the most heroic expeditions in history. A… SEE MORE

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Measure to Help Address Climate Change in Maryland Advances

3/9/2022 - By Brian White. ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A measure to help address climate change moved forward in Maryland on Tuesday to boost the state’s current goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions from 40% of 2006 levels to 60% by 2030. The Senate Budget and Taxation Committee voted to send the… SEE MORE

Changing Snowfall Makes it Harder to Fight Fire with Fire

3/9/2022 - By Brittany Peterson and Matthew Brown. DECKERS, Colo. (AP) — Dripping flaming fuel as they go, a line of workers slowly descends a steep, snow-covered hillside above central Colorado’s South Platte River, torching piles of woody debris that erupt into flames shooting two stories high. It’s winter in the Rocky… SEE MORE

U.S. Climate Outlook: Wet Month Favored for the Great Lakes

3/7/2022 - By Tom Di Liberto. Happy Meteorological Spring! Warmer days and later sunsets are on the horizon, but before we get ahead of ourselves, let’s take a look at the March 2022 climate outlook from NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center. Temperatures during the upcoming month are favored to be above average across the… SEE MORE

Alaska Halibut Seaon Opens March 6

3/4/2022 - Pacific halibut season opens Sunday, March 6 statewide in Alaska, according to a final rule just posted in the Federal Register by NOAA Fisheries. The regulations, adopted at the annual meeting of the International Pacific Halibut Commission in January, go into effect immediately. Included in this season’s federal regulations are the catch… SEE MORE