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Plastic Pollution in Oceans on Track to Rise for Decades

2/9/2022 - (AP) — Plastic pollution at sea is reaching worrying levels and will continue to grow even if significant action is taken now to stop such waste from reaching the world’s oceans, according to a review of hundreds of academic studies. The review by Germany’s Alfred Wegener Institute, commissioned by environmental… SEE MORE

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Boating 101: Sailing On Ice? Yeah, That’s A Sport.

2/8/2022 - By Sarah Harris. The minute I learned that ice sailing was an actual sport, I wanted to give it a try. I watched YouTube videos of wooden boats with big white sails zooming across the ice on steel runners. It seemed like such a rush: Imagine racing over a frozen lake on… SEE MORE

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Weather 101: What is Bombogenesis?

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2/7/2022 - Bombogenesis is a popular term that describes a midlatitude cyclone that rapidly intensifies. Fourteen of 20 hurricane-force wind events underwent bombogenesis in the North Atlantic during the first two months of 2014. This unusual activity can be seen in wind speed data from the period. In this image, blues indicate areas… SEE MORE

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Why Are There Two High Tides and Two Low Tides Every Day?

2/7/2022 - By Garry Hunt. The Moon’s effect on Earth can’t be ignored. It’s our closest celestial neighbor and has inspired and intrigued stargazers for as long as there have been human beings to look up at the night sky. But it also has a very real and tangible effect on the… SEE MORE

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NOAA Satellites Helped Save 330 Lives in 2021

2/5/2022 - NOAA’s fleet of advanced satellites are essential for predicting weather and climate, and last year they also helped rescue 330 people from potentially life-threatening situations throughout the United States and its surrounding waters. Of the 330 U.S. rescues, 195 were water rescues, 29 were from aviation incidents and 106 were… SEE MORE

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As Winter Storm Moves Across US, Ice Becomes Bigger Concern

2/4/2022 - By Kathleen Foody and Jill Bleed. CHICAGO (AP) — About 350,000 homes and businesses lost power across the U.S. on Thursday as freezing rain and snow weighed down tree limbs and encrusted power lines, part of a winter storm that caused a deadly tornado in Alabama, dumped more than a… SEE MORE

Measuring Climate Change: It’s Not Just Heat, It’s Humidity

2/3/2022 - By Seth Borenstein. When it comes to measuring global warming, humidity, not just heat, matters in generating dangerous climate extremes, a new study finds. Researchers say temperature by itself isn’t the best way to measure climate change’s weird weather and downplays impacts in the tropics. But factoring in air moisture along… SEE MORE

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Winter Storm Packing Snow, Freezing Rain Moves Across US

2/2/2022 - By Paul J. Weber. AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A major winter storm with millions of Americans in its path brought a mix of rain, freezing rain and snow to the middle section of the United States on Wednesday as airlines canceled hundreds of flights, governors urged residents to stay off… SEE MORE

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After the Blizzard, the Big Chill as East Coast Digs Out

1/30/2022 - By Mark Pratt and Mike Catalini. BOSTON (AP) — Gusty winds and falling temperatures plunged the East Coast into a deep freeze as people dig out after a powerful nor’easter dumped mounds of snow, flooded coastlines and knocked out power to tens of thousands. Dangerous wind chills fell below zero… SEE MORE

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Scientists Found a Nitrogen-Fixing Seagrass

1/29/2022 - By Brian Owens. The meadows of luscious green seagrass that dot coastal regions around the world are gaining recognition as important marine habitats and carbon sinks, but there is still a lot we don’t know about how these marine plants live. For example, scientists have assumed that seagrasses, like many… SEE MORE

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