Climate Change Likely To Bring Fewer Big Waves, Australia
A warmer climate is likely to result in fewer large waves along Australia’s central east coast, according to a Bureau of Meteorology research that predicts a decline in the frequency of storms known as East Coast Lows.
Revisiting Bikini Atoll
Sixty years ago, the United States detonated a thermonuclear bomb on Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands, that altered the landscape, hundreds of lives, and the trajectory of a nuclear arms race.
Storm Waves Crash Through Wharf Restaurant, California
The waves in Santa Barbara, California, were doing damage and causing a big mess and the water didn’t spare people inside a restaurant.
Be a Force of Nature
During National Severe Weather Preparedness Week March 2 to 8, NOAA and FEMA are calling on individuals across the country to “Be a Force of Nature: Take the Next Step” by preparing for severe weather and encouraging others to do the same.
Chile’s Stunning Fossil Whale Graveyard Explained
It is one of the most astonishing fossil discoveries of recent years – a graveyard of whales found beside the Pan-American Highway in Chile.
21,000 Birds Killed In France By Slew Of Storms
Thousands of birds have been killed in France. The culprit? Winter storms…
World Ocean Summit Puts Marine Issues “On Global Agenda”
Hundreds of representatives from international governments, environmental organizations, academic institutions, and corporations have gathered in Half Moon Bay, California, for the World Ocean Summit February 24-26.
World Begins 2014 With Unusual Number Of Extreme Weather Events
UN’s World Meteorological Organisation says recent extremes of heat, cold and rain are almost certainly interlinked.
Computers Predict Path of Tsunami Debris
Computer simulations have been accurate in predicting where debris from the 2011 tsunami in Japan would wash ashore, scientists say.