Removal of Japanese Dock on Olympic Coast Completed March 28, 2013 A 185-ton dock that washed out to sea during the March 2011 tsunami in Japan has now been removed from...
Population on U.S. Coasts Expected to Grow Despite Storm Risks: NOAA March 26, 2013 If current population trends continue, the already crowded U.S. coast will see population grow from 123 million people to nearly...
Forecaster Sees Few El Niño Problems in Northern Hemisphere Into Summer March 12, 2013 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, a key U.S. weather forecaster, on Thursday extended into the summer its view that...
Prediction Advances and the Role of Climate Change in Hurricane Forecasting February 26, 2013 By Denise Johnson According to a public awareness project by the University of Illinois dubbed WW2010, in the early part of the century,...
NOAA Study: Hotter, Wetter Climate Slashes Labor Capacity 10% February 26, 2013 By Deborah Zabarenko Earth’s increasingly hot, wet climate has cut the amount of work people can do in the worst heat by about...
‘Hurricane Hunter’ Plane Helps With Winter Storms February 21, 2013 By BECKY BOHRER What’s the trick to helping figure out winter weather on the U.S. mainland? One way, according to meteorologists, is sending...
The Whopper of a Storm Didn’t Rank High in History February 13, 2013 By SETH BORENSTEIN The snowstorm that walloped the Northeast with about 3 feet in some places didn’t add up to being that bad,...
NOAA Warns On Storm Surge January 31, 2013 By Susanne Sclafane In case Superstorm Sandy did not convince risk experts that hurricane categories are not useful predictors of potential storm surge...
NOAA Exec Outlines NFIP Challenges January 30, 2013 By Susanne Sclafane A mandate prescribed by the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform law is a major challenge for a federal weather agency, an...
Tsunami Debris in Alaska Overwhelming: NOAA December 17, 2012 By BECKY BOHRER Debris that gathered this past summer on Alaska’s Kayak Island made walking on its beaches feel like walking through a...