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Record Shattering: Earth Had its Hottest July in 174 Years
By noaa.gov. Global sea surface temperature hit record high for 4th-consecutive month. Earth just roasted under its hottest July on record, according to scientists from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). For the fourth-consecutive month, the global ocean surface temperature also hit a record high. Here’s a closer look into NOAA’s latest… SEE MORE
Rare New England tornado lifts car from a Highway as Strong Storms Damage Homes and Flood Roads
By apnews.com. A rare Rhode Island tornado lifted a car off a highway Friday as severe weather swept already storm-weary New England, damaging homes, flooding roads and toppling trees. Tornadoes were reported in several spots in Rhode Island and southern Massachusetts. The National Weather Service said there were at least… SEE MORE
Hilary Could Be the First Tropical Storm to Hit California in More than 80 Years
By Dustin Jones for NPR. Hurricane Hilary, a powerful Category 4 storm brewing off the coast Mexico's Baja California peninsula, is making its way towards the Pacific coast. It's projected to hit southwestern California as a tropical storm — the first since 1939 — by Monday, bringing dangerously high winds… SEE MORE
NOAA Forecasters Increase Atlantic Hurricane Season Prediction to ‘Above Normal’
By noaa.gov. Likelihood of greater activity rises due to record-warm sea surface temperatures. Scientists at NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center — a division of the National Weather Service — have increased their prediction for the ongoing 2023 Atlantic hurricane season from a near-normal level of activity to an above-normal level of activity with today’s update.… SEE MORE
1879 Lake Superior shipwreck accidentally discovered by Discovery Channel TV series
By freep.com. In seeking to solve one shipwreck mystery, underwater explorers happened upon another. The quest — which unfolded on the Discovery Channel's "Expedition Unknown," an American reality TV series — starts with the adventure show host, Josh Gates, paddling in a bright yellow kayak through the Soo Locks as… SEE MORE
What would net-zero shipping look like?
By www.bbc.com. The International Maritime Organization has set a net-zero goal "by or around 2050". What is needed to reach this? At a UN summit, countries have agreed to curb shipping emissions to net zero "by or around 2050". At the annual meeting of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), countries agreed to… SEE MORE
US Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer to Receive IMO Bravery at Sea Award
By gcaptain.com. U.S. Coast Guard rescue swimmer Caleb Halle has been chosen to receive the IMO 2023 Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea for his role in the rescue of seven crew members from a disabled tug off the coast of Maryland earlier this year . The International Maritime Organization’s… SEE MORE
The Last of the Vikings
By woodenboat.com. An immersion in the folk wisdom of a thousand years The night before our 70-mile open-water crossing from the Norwegian island of Sørværet to the Lofoten Islands, Gunvor Storaas, the 27-year-old skipper, checked the wind forecast on her phone. The next day, it was going to blow 40… SEE MORE
Climate Anxiety
By magazine.hms.harvard.edu. The existential threat posed by climate change is deeply troubling to many young people Elizabeth Pinsky used to think of climate change as less a near-term threat than one whose effects loomed in the distant future. Then headlines about a 2018 climate report from the United Nations caught… SEE MORE
French Startup Unveils Sailing Cargo Ship
By gcaptain.com. French transport startup VELA has unveiled the design for its first-of-its-kind trimaran cargo ship that will transport goods across the Atlantic using 100% wind power. According to VELA, the innovative design reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 99% compared to conventional container ships, while also being built with recycled… SEE MORE
Octopuses (and Their DNA) Suggest Antarctica Will Melt Again
By atlasobscura.com. DID THE WEST ANTARCTIC ICE Sheet completely collapse during the latest interglacial period, about 125,000 years ago? It’s an important question for climate scientists, but geology was giving them no answers. So they turned to genetics instead. Enter Turquet’s octopus (Pareledone turqueti), a cephalopod with a four-million-year pedigree that… SEE MORE
Ocean Shippers Playing Catch Up to Electric Vehicle Fire Risk
By gcaptain.com. LOS ANGELES/AMSTERDAM, July 27 (Reuters) – Electric vehicles are crisscrossing the globe to reach their eager buyers, but the battery technology involved in the zero- emission automobiles is exposing under-prepared maritime shippers to the risk of hard-to-control fires, industry, insurance and emergency response officials said. That risk has been put… SEE MORE