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Whale safety research planned near East Coast wind farms

As dead whales continue to wash ashore on the U.S. East Coast, officials and academics in New Jersey, New York and elsewhere are planning a wide array of monitoring and research aimed at preventing harm to the animals during construction and operation of offshore wind farms

The Independent UK · Mar 2, 2023

Long-lost sunken ship Ironton found in Lake Huron, ending 128-year-old mystery

Searchers have found the wreck of the freight schooner that plunged to the lake’s bottom in 1894 after colliding with another vessel in rough seas, killing five crewmen.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 1, 2023

An unusually high number of whales are washing up on U.S. beaches

The unexpected deaths are hitting humpbacks and North Atlantic right whales on the East Coast and gray whales on the West Coast — populations that were already under watch.

WEKU · Feb 5, 2023

Storm-ravaged California scrambles as fresh atmospheric river rolls in

Newest round of storms expected to produce torrential downpours and gale force winds along the northern coast

The Guardian - US · Jan 11, 2023

Storm struck California scrambles to clean up ahead of rain

Storm-ravaged California is scrambling to clean up and repair widespread damage as the lashing rain eases

The Independent UK · Jan 11, 2023

18 huge, billion-dollar disasters: Climate change helped make 2022 the 3rd most expensive year on record

U.S. weather disasters are getting costlier as more people move into vulnerable areas and climate change raises the risks of extreme heat and rainfall, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration warned as it released its annual billion-dollar disasters report on Jan. 10, 2023.

The Conversation · Jan 10, 2023

US climate disasters racked up $165 billion in damage in 2022

A massive hurricane, a historic drought and 16 other major disasters across the U.S. collectively racked up $165 billion in damages and killed at least 474 people in 2022, according to a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration analysis published Tuesday.

Tribune News Service · Jan 10, 2023

California’s endangered salmon population plummets amid new threat

They’ve been pushed to the brink of extinction by dams, drought, extreme heat and even the flare of wildfires, but now California’s endangered winter-run Chinook salmon appear to be facing an entirely new threat — their own ravenous hunger for anchovies.

Los Angeles Times · Jan 4, 2023

Deep sea explorers baffled by 'alien' holes on ocean floor that look 'perfectly aligned'

The symmetrical holes which lie more than 1.5 miles underneath the ocean surface have yet to be explained by scientists. That hasn't stopped cheeky social media users speculating that aliens have been at work

Daily Mirror · Nov 22, 2022

Ian’s historic Orlando rain has experts seeking ways to hold back floods

WINTER SPRINGS, Fla. — Lisa Roney was awake in the overnight hours watching the power of Tropical Storm Ian when the water started coming in the back door.

Orlando Sentinel · Nov 17, 2022