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Underwater Robots Confirm Warming Oceans
New research of data collected by deep ocean robots, called Deep Argo floats, combined with historic data from research vessels confirms that parts of the global deep ocean are warming at a rate of ...
2024’s U.S. Tornado Count Ranks as One of the Highest
The year-to-date estimated tornado count for the U.S. is 1,597, which ranks 2024 among the highest tornado counts on record for the same January-August period, according to preliminary data from ...
U.S. Records Fourth Hottest Summer Ever
A warmer-than-average August wrapped up an extremely hot summer across the U.S., with many cities breaking all-time heat records. The first eight months of 2024 also ranked as the second-warmest ...
Prospect of Hurricane Seasonal Forecast-Miss Rising: Moody’s
Robert Muir-Wood, chief research officer of Moody's, has attended the Rendez-Vous de Septembre many times over the course of a more than 25-year career in catastrophe modeling. But he's hard-pressed ...
Fewer High Tide Days Predicted Through April 2025
After record-breaking coastal flooding, NOAA scientists predict La Nina could slightly reduce the number of flood days across the U.S. NOAA's 2024-25 Annual High Tide Flooding Outlook documents ...
Highly Active Atlantic Hurricane Season Still Expected
Federal forecasters are still predicting a highly active Atlantic hurricane season thanks to near-record sea surface temperatures and the possibility of La Nina, officials said Thursday. The National ...
Nation’s Year to Date Tornado Count as of June 2024 is Third Busiest on Record
The 2024 year-to-date U.S. preliminary tornado count stands at 1,250, making it third behind 2011's 1,398 tornadoes and 2008's 1,303 tornadoes, for the same January-June period, according to ...
NOAA: Atlantic Hurricane Season Could See up to 25 Named Storms
Above-normal hurricane activity is predicted in the Atlantic basin this year, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Th agency's outlook for the 2024 Atlantic ...