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Watery Heatwave Cooks the Gulf of Maine
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Published September 12, 2018
Extreme water temperatures in 2018 fit with a much longer trend in the region, which is among the fastest-warming parts of the global ocean.
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Record Warm Waters off Southern California
Published August 8, 2018
A layer of exceptionally warm surface water extended from Point Conception to the Baja California coast.
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Milky Blue Water Near Prince of Wales Island
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Published August 6, 2018
Warmer waters likely enabled a phytoplankton bloom to occur much later in the year than normal off the coast of Alaska and British Columbia.
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Stress on the Great Barrier Reef
Published March 16, 2017
In February 2017, the Great Barrier Reef continued to be exposed to warm ocean water—the main stressor on this coral system and the reason for its bleaching.
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Mapping Storm Patterns Over Lake Victoria
Published October 13, 2016
The African lake is prone to intense nighttime thunderstorms that are likely to deliver more rain as the world grows warmer.
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Twin Tropical Cyclones
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Published January 29, 2015
Two storms in the Indian Ocean churned quite close to each other, but not close enough to tango.
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Storms Come in Many Forms
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Published March 7, 2013
There are lots of ways to categorize storms, but research meteorologists have a simple way of dividing them: thunderstorms, tropical cyclones, and extra-tropical cyclones.
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Seeing Equinoxes and Solstices from Space
Published September 23, 2011
The four changes of the seasons, related to the position of sunlight on the planet, are captured in this view from Earth orbit.
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