Cosmic Bursts of Radio Static From Solar Storms Could Scramble Whales’ Navigational Sense
Gray whales 4.3 times more likely to strand during a cosmic burst of radio static. When our sun belches out a hot stream of charged…
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How Ear Bones of a Fish Unraveled the Mystery of Spinal Deformities
Native fish discovered with spinal deformities in California’s Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta in 2011 were exposed to high levels of selenium from their parents and food…
Scientists Discover Why Whales Migrate – They Return to the Tropics to Shed Their Skin
First suggested for killer whales, skin molt may drive long-distance migration for all whales that forage in cold waters. Whales undertake some of the longest…
Devastating Landslides Are Common in High Mountain Asia – Climate Change Could Trigger More
More frequent and intense rainfall events due to climate change could cause more landslides in the High Mountain Asia region of China, Tibet and Nepal,…
100 Years of Microscopic Shells Reveal a “Double Whammy” for Waters off California
In first-of-its-kind research, NOAA scientists and academic partners used 100 years of microscopic shells to show that the coastal waters off California are acidifying twice…
Stunning Satellite Images As Rain Brings Relief to Australia’s Fires
NASA satellite data continues to provide a look at the smoke and aerosols generated by the massive fires in Australia. Although rain fell on parts…
Satellite Imagery Shows Ferocious Fires in Australia Intensify
As the New Year starts, the outlook for the bushfire situation in Australia continues to be grim. These huge and disastrous fires continue to burn…
New and Strange Climate Pattern Includes More Violent El Nino Swings
Compelling Hard Evidence: El Nino Swings More Violently in the Industrial Age El Ninos have become more intense in the industrial age, which stands to…
Last Arctic Ice Refuge Is Disappearing – Twice As Fast
The oldest and thickest Arctic sea ice is disappearing twice as fast as ice in the rest of the Arctic Ocean, according to new research….
Larval Fish Nurseries Invaded by Prey-Size Plastics – Biodiversity and Fisheries Production Threatened
New research shows that many larval fish species from different ocean habitats are surrounded by and ingesting plastics in their preferred nursery habitat. Many of…
Growth Rates of Deep-Sea Coral Communities Revealed for the First Time
A collaboration between researchers at the University of Hawai‘i (UH) at Mānoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST), Hawai‘i Pacific University (HPU)…
Prepare for Substantially Larger Heat Waves – Extreme Heat Waves Could Double in Size
Our planet has been baking under the sun this summer as temperatures reached the hottest ever recorded and heat waves spread across the globe. While…
Antarctic Ozone Hole is the Smallest on Record Since Its Discovery [Video]
Abnormal weather patterns in the upper atmosphere over Antarctica dramatically limited ozone depletion in September and October, resulting in the smallest ozone hole observed since…
Say Goodbye to This Ocean-Monitoring Satellite
The Jason-2/Ocean Surface Topography Mission (OSTM), the third in a U.S.-European series of satellite missions designed to measure sea surface height, successfully ended its science…
“Impressive” Memory and Navigation Revealed by Mako Shark Tracking off West Coast
These top predators travel far across the Pacific, returning to the same areas in the Southern California Bight each year. The largest effort ever to…
NASA Analyzes Tropical Storm Dorian Day and Night
The Leeward Islands are a group of islands in the eastern Caribbean Sea, where the sea meets the western Atlantic Ocean. The Leewards extend from…
NASA Satellite Image: Amazon Fires Shroud South America in Smoke
NOAA/NASA’s Suomi NPP satellite collected this natural-color image using the VIIRS (Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite) instrument on August 21, 2019. Smoke from the fires…
West Coast Ocean Conditions Finally Returning to Normal
Ocean conditions off most of the U.S. West Coast are returning roughly to average, after an extreme marine heat wave from about 2014 to 2016…