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S(no)w Pain, S(no)w Gain: How does El Niño affect Snowfall over North America?
By climate.gov. Note: The primary writer of this post is Michelle L’Heureux, but it is inspired by and reviewed by Brian Brettschneider, who is the NWS Climate Service Program manager for the Alaska region. The last several winters have been depressingly bleak for snow lovers in the Washington, D.C. area,… SEE MORE
45-minute Long Orca Attack Sinks yet Another Yacht off Morocco
By Michelle Butterfield. Killer whales are at it again, this time attacking and sinking a Polish yacht off the coast of Morocco. The incident happened in the Strait of Gibraltar last week, when a pod of orcas set their sights on the Grazie Mamma II, a vessel owned by Polish touring company Morskie Mile.… SEE MORE
The Last Lighthouse Keeper in America
By newyorker.com. For the greater part of two decades, Sally Snowman has lived and worked contentedly on Little Brewster Island, a craggy patch of bare rock, crabgrass, concrete, and dilapidated buildings in Boston’s outer harbor. Under the auspices of the Coast Guard, she serves as the keeper, and the historian,… SEE MORE
Mississippi River Hit Record-Low Levels in October
By noaa.gov. A relatively warm October and expanding drought conditions across the Lower Mississippi Valley helped drop water levels to historic lows along parts of the Mississippi River last month. The U.S. also confirmed another billion-dollar disaster in October, bringing the total to a record 25 disasters in the first… SEE MORE
2023 Ozone Hole Ranks 12th Largest on Record, Find NOAA and NASA
By noaa.gov. Hunga-Tonga eruption likely contributed to this year's ozone depletion The 2023 Antarctic ozone hole reached its maximum size at 10 million square miles (26 million square kilometers) on September 21, which ranks as the 12th largest since 1979, according to annual satellite and balloon-based measurements made by NOAA and… SEE MORE
Scientists Discover New, 'Otherworldly' Species with 20 Arms in the Antarctic Ocean
By ctvnews.ca. Ten rays. Twenty arms. Strawberry-like. That’s how a team of scientists from Australia and the United States have described a new, creepy-looking underwater species they discovered after a series of research expeditions near Antarctica. Emily McLaughlin, Nerida Wilson and Greg Rouse published their findings on the newfound species in… SEE MORE
To Track Bull Sharks, First Hit Their Snooze Button
By atlasobscura.com. For these researchers in Southern Africa, tagging the apex predators starts with putting them in trancelike tonic immobility. Daly and colleagues catch the famously ferocious fish off the coast of southern Mozambique and fit them with transmitters as part of a long-distance tracking project to reveal more about the animals’… SEE MORE
USCG’s Lead Offshore Patrol Cutter ‘USCGC Argus’ Launched
By gcaptain.com. The lead ship of the U.S. Coast Guard’s highly anticipated Heritage-class offshore patrol cutter (OPC), the USCGC Argus, was successfully launched at Eastern Shipbuilding’s Nelson Shipyard in Panama City, Florida on Friday. This marks a significant milestone in the Coast Guard’s mission to enhance its fleet and capabilities. Named after the historic Revenue… SEE MORE
Panama Canal to Slash Booking Slots due to Drought Over Coming Months
By reuters.com. PANAMA CITY, Oct 31 (Reuters) - The Panama Canal, one of the world's main maritime trade routes, will further reduce daily ship crossings in the coming months due to a severe drought, the authorities managing the canal said late on Monday, increasing shipping costs. Booking slots will be cut… SEE MORE
As Federal Money Flows to Carbon Capture and Storage, Texas Bets on an Undersea Bonanza
By insideclimatenews.org. Hungry for royalties, the state is awarding offshore leases to oil and gas companies that hope to bury heat-trapping carbon dioxide deep beneath the seafloor. But critics worry about leakage through rock layers, pipeline safety and the lackluster record of carbon capture facilities onshore. Over the last century,… SEE MORE
Billions of Snow Crabs in Alaska Likely Vanished Due to Warm Ocean
By theguardian.com. The crabs starved to death en masse because the change in water temperature increased their caloric needs, according to the NOAA Warmer ocean temperatures have likely caused the sudden and shocking disappearance of billions of snow crabs in Alaska, which had previously baffled scientists and environmentalists, a new study has… SEE MORE
2023 Ozone Hole Ranks 16th Largest, NASA and NOAA Researchers Find
By nasa.gov. The 2023 Antarctic ozone hole reached its maximum size on Sept. 21, according to annual satellite and balloon-based measurements made by NASA and NOAA. At 10 million square miles, or 26 million square kilometers, the hole ranked as the 12th largest single-day ozone hole since 1979. During the… SEE MORE