Category: Weather & Tides

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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

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UN Report Paints Dire Picture of the Gulf of Mexico’s Future

3/4/2022 - By Rebecca Santana and Curt Anderson. NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Hurricane Harvey dumped more than 50 inches of rain on parts of the Texas coast in 2017. Then in 2020, ferocious winds from Hurricane Laura destroyed homes across coastal Louisiana. Hurricane Ida hit in 2021, leaving the entire city of… SEE MORE

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Overlooked Channels Influence Water Flow and Flooding Along Gulf Coast

3/3/2022 - An unnoticed network of channels is cutting across the coastal plain landscape along the Gulf Coast and influencing how water flows, according to research from The University of Texas at Austin that could help predict flooding from major storms in the future. The coastal plains are relatively flat, which has… SEE MORE

Mayor Wu is Turning Her Attention to East Boston’s Waterfront

2/28/2022 - By Christopher Gavin. As Boston braces for the anticipated impacts of climate change, with rising sea levels in its historic harbor, Mayor Michelle Wu is bringing to the forefront a focus on neighborhood resiliency, namely, how East Boston will prepare for the rising tide. On Wednesday, Wu’s administration announced its intention… SEE MORE

As Climate Change Costs Mount, Biden Seeks to Price Damages

2/27/2022 - By Matthew Brown. HARDIN, Mont. (AP) — In the coal fields of eastern Montana, climate change is forcing a stark choice: halt mining that helped build everything from schools to senior centers or risk astronomical future damage as fossil fuel emissions warm the planet and increase disasters, crop losses and premature… SEE MORE

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U.S. Coastline to See Up to a Foot of Sea Level Rise by 2050

2/16/2022 - The United States is expected to experience as much sea level rise by the year 2050 as it witnessed in the previous hundred years. That’s according to a NOAA-led report updating sea level rise decision-support information for the U.S. released today in partnership with half a dozen other federal agencies.… 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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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