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For open water swimmers, even chilly, choppy water beckons
By Katherine Roth, Associated Press. Many beaches won’t open for weeks, but already one dedicated group is quietly pacing the shore. You might not have noticed them, but these quiet few are the ones who seem most keen on noting the shifting tides, the current, the wind. They’ll gush about… SEE MORE
Port of Long Beach Unveils Plans for Massive Floating Offshore Wind Facility
By Mike Schuler. The Port of Long Beach has announced plans for Pier Wind, a giant floating offshore wind facility designed to help California and the nation achieve renewable energy goals. The facility, the largest of its kind at any U.S. seaport, will support the manufacture and assembly of offshore… SEE MORE
The 5 Best Home Weather Stations For Boating & Fishing
We've all been there…you wake up early for a fun day on the water, only to realize the weatherman got it all wrong. Instead of sunny skies and calm winds, it's blowing 20 mph with scattered rain. Bummer! Well, no one ever said predicting the weather was an easy job.… SEE MORE
NOAA predicts a near-normal 2023 Atlantic hurricane season
El Nino, above-average Atlantic Ocean temperatures set the stage NOAA forecasters with the Climate Prediction Center, a division of the National Weather Service, predict near-normal hurricane activity in the Atlantic this year. NOAA’s outlook for the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season, which goes from June 1 to November 30, predicts a 40%… SEE MORE
‘A legend is born’: Kirsten Neuschäfer becomes first woman to win historic Golden Globe Race
edition.cnn.com. Kirsten Neuschäfer has become the first woman to win the Golden Globe Race. Neuschäfer and 15 other competitors, who were all men, set off from Les Sables-d’Olonne, France on September 4, 2022, with the aim of making it around the world via the five Great Capes before returning to the coastal town… SEE MORE
USF professor sets world record for living underwater in 100-day experiment
By Camille Fine. A professor set a new record for the longest time living underwater without depressurization in an experiment that combines medical and ocean research along with educational outreach. Biomedical engineering professor Joseph Dituri broke the record this weekend after living at the bottom of a 30-foot-deep lagoon in… SEE MORE
How to see ghostly 'Da Vinci glow' illuminate the crescent moon this week
Jamie Carter. Twice-reflected sunlight subtly illuminates the dark limb of the crescent moon just before and after the new moon in a phenomenon called Earthshine, or 'Da Vinci glow'. A phenomenon called 'Da Vinci glow' will be visible on the dark limbs of the moon on successive days this week and again… SEE MORE
Planes, Shipping Lanes, and Automobiles
By Alan Buis NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory The effects of global climate change are broad and impact everyone, as well as Earth’s natural systems. Much has been written about the major impacts of climate change. Effects such as rising global surface temperatures, higher sea levels, longer and more intense heat… SEE MORE
Tidal Power’s Fickle Future
By oceangrafixblog.wordpress.com Aided by remote “drone” divers and advances in sonar, more ancient shipwrecks are being discovered. Sometimes salvage operations recover whole vessels and their entire bounty. But until recently, scientists knew little about the actual passengers and crew. Now, a new method of DNA testing is making it possible… SEE MORE
Tidal Power’s Fickle Future
By Doug Johnson To pull power from the waves, you need a high tidal range or strong currents. Sea level rise threatens to mess with both. Hidden in the ebb and flow of the tides is a wealth of energy. Primarily generated by the gravitational pull of the moon, tidal… SEE MORE
Warm Liquid Spewing from Oregon Seafloor Comes from Cascadia Fault, Could Offer Clues to Earthquake Hazards
By ecomagazine.com The field of plate tectonics is not that old, and scientists continue to learn the details of earthquake-producing geologic faults. The Cascadia Subduction Zone — the eerily quiet offshore fault that threatens to unleash a magnitude-9 earthquake in the Pacific Northwest — still holds many mysteries. A study… SEE MORE
Did rising seas drive Vikings out of Greenland?
By news.harvard.edu. Vikings occupied Greenland from about 985 to 1450 A.D., farming and building communities before they abruptly abandoned their settlements. Why they disappeared has long been a puzzle, but a new paper from the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences determines that one factor — rising sea level — likely played… SEE MORE