Barriers prevent severe flooding in Alaska capital after glacier outburst Officials say temporary barriers helped Juneau avoid hundreds of flooded homes from Mendenhall Glacier The Guardian - US · Aug 13, 2025
Satellites watch Tropical Storm Erin take shape over the Atlantic Ocean (video) Forecasters warn Erin may intensify into the season's first major hurricane within days. Space · Aug 13, 2025
Tropical Storm Erin may strengthen into Atlantic’s first hurricane of 2025 - and it has the US in its sights Historically the first major hurricane of North American hurricane season doesn’t arrive until the beginning of September The Independent UK · Aug 11, 2025
Rising Heat, AI Boom, and an Aging Grid Could Keep Your Power Bill Climbing Soaring summer heat, an explosion of AI data centers, a crumbling electrical grid, and a shrinking pool of skilled workers are all driving up electric... Saving Advice · Aug 11, 2025
Headless chicken monster: The deep sea cucumber with tubular feet for gobbling sediment This swimming sea cucumber looks like a chicken carcass, eats poop floating in the water and uses defecation as a means of propulsion. LiveScience · Aug 9, 2025
DOGE tore through National Weather Service like a tornado with mass firings. Many are being rehired The rehiring comes after deadly flooding in the Hill Country of Texas put the cuts under scrutiny The Independent UK · Aug 8, 2025
A solar flare just upped the odds for photographing the Northern Lights this weekend – and the Perseids are starting to heat up too NOAA is predicting a potential minor solar storm on August 08 Digital Camera World · Aug 8, 2025
Auroras may be visible from 18 states this weekend as solar storm barrels toward Earth A geomagnetic storm could hit Earth Aug. 8 or 9, possibly bringing the dazzling northern lights with it. LiveScience · Aug 7, 2025
Northern lights may be visible in these 18 states tonight Auroras may be visible from Alaska to Illinois as an incoming solar storm could spark geomagnetic storm conditions overnight. Space · Aug 7, 2025
After deep DOGE cuts, National Weather Service gets OK to fill up to 450 jobs The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will hire as many as 450 people to shore up the National Weather Service after deep cuts this spring raised concern about dangerous understaffing The Independent UK · Aug 6, 2025
Record coral losses in Great Barrier Reef spark concern over escalating climate stress Some of the reefs surveyed lost as much as 70 per cent of their corals. Euronews · Aug 6, 2025
Reader’s Vote: Which Of These Cool-Looking Animals Is The Most Mind-Blowing? Vote for the coolest animal! Which of these fascinating creatures from the animal kingdom is the most mind-blowing? Maybe the immortal jellyfish? Bored Panda · Aug 5, 2025
Tropical Storm Henriette forms in the Pacific as Storm Dexter moves on Henriette was the eighth named storm of this year’s eastern North Pacific hurricane season The Independent UK · Aug 5, 2025
Government to keep sharing key satellite data for hurricane forecasting despite planned cutoff The Department of Defense now says it will continue sharing key data collected by three sophisticated weather satellites that help forecasters track hurricanes The Independent UK · Jul 31, 2025
The Texas Tribune · Jul 31, 2025 Cruz introduces weather radio modernization bill with a new focus on flood communications This comes after Cruz voted in favor of the spending megabill that rescinded funds for NOAA.
The Guardian - US · Jul 31, 2025 After nearly 100 years, adult winter-run Chinook salmon seen in California river State’s fish and wildlife department posted a video showing an adult female guarding a nest of eggs
International Business Times UK · Jul 30, 2025 NOAA Tsunami Tech Just Saved Hawaii — But Experts Say the Next One Could Be Worse NOAA's tsunami warning system helped protect Hawaii after a major quake, but experts warn local threats could bring faster, more destructive waves.
The Conversation · Jul 30, 2025 An underwater observatory keeping the pulse of the Southern Ocean for nearly 30 years yields fresh results In a world affected by climate change, the Southern Ocean plays an outsized role. It absorbs up to 40% of the human-caused emissions taken up by the oceans while also being home to some of the world’s most vulnerable ecosystems.
The Conversation · Jul 28, 2025 As US climate data-gathering is gutted, Australian forecasting is now at real risk This year, Australia has experienced record-breaking floods, tropical cyclones, heatwaves on land and in the ocean, drought, coral bleaching, coastal erosion and devastating algal blooms. Over the past five years, insured losses from extreme events have risen to A$4.5 billion annually – more than double the 30-year average.
Space · Jul 27, 2025 Hurricane forecasters are losing 3 key satellites ahead of peak storm season − a meteorologist explains why it matters Satellite data allows meteorologists to keep track of the location, structure and intensity of severe weather, helping to keep people safe. Now they're losing access to these satellites.
The Conversation · Jul 26, 2025 Is that wildfire smoke plume hazardous? New satellite tech can map smoke plumes in 3D for better air quality alerts at neighborhood scale Canada is facing another dangerous wildfire season, with burning forests sending smoke plumes across the provinces and into the U.S. again. The pace of the 2025 fires is reminiscent of the record-breaking 2023 wildfire season, which exposed millions of people in North America to hazardous smoke levels.
The Independent UK · Jul 26, 2025 NOAA officials who led ‘Sharpiegate’ investigation placed on leave after clashing with Trump hires The move comes days before a Senate committee votes on the nomination of Neil Jacobs, who was found to have violated the agency’s scientific integrity policy
The Guardian - US · Jul 25, 2025 Two top Noaa officials linked to Trump’s ‘Sharpiegate’ incident put on leave Two men led inquiry into 2019 debacle involving incorrect hurricane projections that tarnished federal agency’s record
Texas Observer · Jul 24, 2025 Floodplains Belong to the Rivers From Houston to the Hill Country, we Texans keep doing the same thing over and over while expecting a different result.
The Guardian - UK · Jul 24, 2025 How flood-ravaged Boston took on the climate deniers – and won As the Trump administration dismisses global heating, the coastal city is getting on with becoming one of the most climate resilient in the world. Here’s how