Hurricane names Harvey, Irma, Maria and Nate now ‘officially retired’
By Travis Fedschun From Fox News The names of four deadly hurricanes that caused significant amounts of damage to the United States and Caribbean last year are being retired, officials announced Thursday. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said the…
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U.S. hurricane forecasters embark on preparedness mission to Mexico and Caribbean
From NOAA Public invited to tour U.S. Air Force Reserve ‘Hurricane Hunter’ aircraft April 10, 2018 With the 2018 hurricane season fast approaching, NOAA and the U.S. Air Force Reserve will host a series of events, including tours aboard a…
2017 was costliest year ever for U.S. weather disasters
BY CNN WIRE From WTVR The year 2017 was the costliest year ever for weather and climate disasters in the United States, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration announced Monday, totaling $306 billion. The previous record year, 2005, saw $215…
Why the bomb cyclone hitting the [US] East Coast is so unusual
By DAVID GOLDMAN/AP From Wired NOW, THE FIRST thing you should know about a bomb cyclone is it’s just a name—and unlike a sharknado, it’s not a literal one. The very real scientific term describes a storm that suddenly intensifies…
US government climate report: Climate change is real and our fault
By SCOTT K. JOHNSON From arsTECHNICA Report appears to have cleared federal review despite censorship fears. Information about the science and consequences of climate change has been removed from a number of federal agency websites since the Trump administration took…
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Hurricane season may be more active than first thought
By Pierce Legeion From WCNT9 GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) – The tropics are quiet right now, but we have a long way to go before hurricane season is over. And it’s a season that may be more active than initially thought. NOAA’s…
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New ‘sister sanctuary’ agreement protects whales from New England to the Caribbean
From NOAA Stellwagen Bank sanctuary joins Caribbean sanctuary in humpback whale research, monitoring, conservation May 4, 2017A new “sister sanctuary” agreement signed this spring between NOAA and the government of The Netherlands adds to a network of marine protected areas…
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Hundreds tour Hurricane Hunter in Cayman Islands
A huge crowd of eager residents toured a Hurricane Hunter aircraft at the Owen Roberts International Airport’s General Aviation Terminal yesterday (Wednesday, 26 April 2017), during a one day trip to promote hurricane readiness. Around 1,000 school students and members…
US had near record heat, costly weather disasters in 2016
By Seth Borenstein The Associated Press From Caribbean Business WASHINGTON, D.C. — With steamy nights, sticky days and torrential downpours, last year went down as one of the warmest and wildest weather years on record in the United States. The National…
Carbon dioxide levels race past troubling milestone
From Science Daily Date:October 5, 2016 Source: NOAA Summary: Carbon dioxide levels in Earth’s atmosphere passed a troubling milestone for good this summer and locked in levels of the heat-trapping gas not seen for millions of years. Carbon dioxide levels in Earth’s atmosphere…
