New Study: A Warming World Will Further Intensify Extreme Precipitation Events

According to a newly-published NOAA-led study in Geophysical Research Letters, as the globe warms from rising atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases, more moisture in a warmer atmosphere will make the most extreme precipitation events more intense.
“Free Sand” Season Begins, Lake Michigan

Residents on Muskegon’s Beach Street once again giving away the beach accumulated in their yards…
Spike in Sick Sea Lions Along Calif. Coast Puzzles Scientists

Sickly, emaciated sea lion pups have been turning up on California’s coastline in unusually high numbers since January, with live strandings nearly three times higher than the historical average.