Category: Coastal News

Suzuki Marine Strengthens Partnership with Buccaneers

10/3/2023 - By US Harbors. SUZUKI MARINE ELEVATES TO TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS “PEWTER PARTNER,” GATE C ENTRANCE TO RAYMOND JAMES STADIUM NOW KNOWN AS SUZUKI MARINE GATE Hundreds of Thousands Will Pass Through Suzuki Marine Entry Each Season Leading outboard motor innovator Suzuki Marine USA is now a Tampa Bay Buccaneers Pewter… SEE MORE

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High Tide Flooding Outlook for October 2023

10/2/2023 - By US Harbors. Coastal Flooding Predictions for October 2023 NOAA is predicting extreme tides at the end of October in many locations around the country, especially the eastern seaboard. While only Fort Pulaski, GA is predicted to "likely" flood this month, there are many harbors where high tide flooding is… SEE MORE

New Tide Monitoring Device by Hohonu in Portland, ME. Photo by A. Fischer.

NSF Civic Innovation Challenge Awards $19M for Climate Change Resilience and Community-Driven Innovation

Coastal News

10/2/2023 - By the National Science Foundation. US Harbors is thrilled to be partnering with the Gulf of Maine Research Institute on the continuation of our program to help local communities monitor coastal tide and flood levels. You can look forward to seeing the real-time water-level data from these sites here on… SEE MORE

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Twin supercomputers Dogwood (pictured here) and Cactus—NOAA's weather and climate operational supercomputing system—just received a 20% upgrade. Located in Manassas, Virginia, and Phoenix, Arizona, respectively, each supercomputer now operates at a speed of 14.5 petaflops. (Image credit: General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT)).

NOAA Completes Upgrade to Weather and Climate Supercomputer System

10/1/2023 - By ecomagazine.com. The Department of Commerce and NOAA expanded the capacity of the nation’s Weather and Climate Operational Supercomputing System (WCOSS) by 20% this week. The increased computing power and storage will help improve forecast model guidance for years to come and allow for other weather prediction advances. “Our investment… SEE MORE

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The Economic Impacts of Marine Debris on Tourism-Dependent Communities

9/30/2023 - By marinedebris.noaa.gov. The tourism and recreation sector is the largest employer in the ocean and Great Lakes economy. This sector relies heavily on healthy coastal and ocean resources as well as the aesthetic quality of the environment. Unfortunately, marine debris is a pervasive issue in many coastal areas of the… SEE MORE

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On September 10, 2023, Antarctic sea ice hit a historic low of 16.96 million sq km, 1.03 million sq km below the 1986 record

2023 Antarctic sea ice winter maximum is lowest on record by a wide margin

9/29/2023 - By climate.gov. Overview of conditions On September 10, 2023, sea ice in the Antarctic reached an annual maximum extent of 16.96 million square kilometers (6.55 million square miles), setting a record low maximum in the satellite record that began in 1979. This year’s maximum is 1.03 million square kilometers (398,000 square miles) below the previous… SEE MORE

Monitoring Marine Life–In Close to Real-Time–with eDNA Sensors

9/28/2023 - By sustainability.stanford.edu. An optical sensor smaller than a postage stamp could help coastal communities monitor some of the world’s largest marine protected areas. On a warm day this spring, an airplane carrying Stanford experimental physicist Halleh Balch touched down on the island nation of Palau in the Western Pacific as a brewing… SEE MORE

Why Does This Sea Glow in the Dark?

9/26/2023 - By atlasobscura.com. From Aristotle to Darwin, humankind’s efforts to understand bioluminescence span thousands of years. It is one of the oldest fields of scientific study, and researchers today know a great deal about how it works, but mysteries remain. In this episode of Untold Earth we get in the water… SEE MORE

Strong Extratropical Cyclone Over the US Midwest by WikiCommons.

Bomb Cyclone Slams Pacific Northwest with Heavy Rain, Raising Threat of Debris Flows

9/25/2023 - By foxweather.com. Most of the rain will be beneficial as the Pacific Northwest begins to recover from severe to extreme drought conditions. However, heavy rain could lead to flash flooding and debris flows in the burn scars across northwestern California and southwestern Oregon. A rapidly intensifying storm, called a bomb… SEE MORE

Krisin Forster, Harbormaster in Port Austin, MI. Image courtesy of Kristin.

Fifth Annual Harbormaster Appreciation Day to Be Celebrated on October 8, 2023

9/25/2023 - By US Harbors. Harbormasters Now Have Increased Responsibilities. Harbormasters around the country have seen exponential changes in their harbors these past few years. What once might have been a sleepy job in a remote community now requires significantly more attention due to the increased potential for local storm and flood… SEE MORE