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New research shows that the fastest jet stream winds will accelerate with climate change. (Image by NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.)

Jet Stream Winds Will Accelerate With Warming Climate

1/7/2024 - By ucar.edu New research by the University of Chicago and the U.S. National Science Foundation National Center for Atmospheric Research (NSF NCAR) finds that fast jet stream winds will get significantly faster by mid century because of climate change. The study, in Nature Climate Change, suggests that the fastest upper-level jet stream… SEE MORE

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Rhode Island Utility Rejects Revolution Wind 2 project

Coastal News

7/21/2023 - By nationalfisherman.com. Rhode Island Energy said it will not enter a power purchase agreement for the proposed Revolution Wind 2 project because the projected costs to electric customers are too high. The decision is a setback for offshore wind developers Ørsted and Eversource – coming just after the federal Bureau of Ocean… SEE MORE

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Port of Long Beach Unveils Plans for Massive Floating Offshore Wind Facility

Environment

5/25/2023 - 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

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The Other Hurricane Season

1/6/2023 - By gcaptain.com (Ocean Weather Service) – Each year there are, on average, about 6 hurricanes in the North Atlantic, 8 in the Eastern North Pacific and 17 Typhoons in the western North Pacific. Few people (outside of Mariners) realize that there is another season of hurricane winds that occurs over… SEE MORE

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Jet Stream Winds Will Accelerate With Warming Climate

Rhode Island Utility Rejects Revolution Wind 2 project

Port of Long Beach Unveils Plans for Massive Floating Offshore Wind Facility

The Other Hurricane Season

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