Five unoccupied houses along North Carolina’s Outer Banks collapsed into the ocean on Tuesday as Hurricanes Humberto and Imelda rumbled in the Atlantic, the National Park Service said, marking the latest private beachfront structures to fall into the surf there in recent years. The homes, once propped on high stilts, collapsed in the afternoon in Buxton, a community on one …
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7,000 Kilometer Gravity Anomaly And “Geomagnetic Jerk” Detected By NASA Over The Atlantic
Researchers looking through data from NASA and the German Aerospace Center (DLR)’s Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) have found an odd gravity anomaly over the Atlantic Ocean. Attempting to find the cause of the anomaly, the team found it may be associated with a “geomagnetic jerk” detected around the world. There is still plenty to learn about the Earth’s …
Read More »Tropical Storm Imelda Forms, Joining Hurricane Humberto in the Atlantic: Latest Updates – The New York Times
Tropical Storm Imelda Forms, Joining Hurricane Humberto in the Atlantic: Latest Updates The New York Times Tropical Depression 9 plowing through the Bahamas Yale Climate Connections Tropical Depression Nine expected to develop into Imelda, bring impacts to SC coast WYFF What can Jacksonville and Florida expect this week for Tropical Storm Imelda? Yahoo Tropical Storm Imelda forms in the Atlantic, could threaten Southeastern U.S. CBS …
Read More »Humberto becomes a hurricane in the Atlantic as Gabrielle moves away from the Azores
MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Humberto formed in the Atlantic Ocean but is not currently threatening land as the former Hurricane Gabrielle moved away from the Azores on Friday, forecasters said. Humberto is about 465 miles (750 kilometers) northeast of the northern Leeward Islands and is moving slowly toward the northwest. It is expected to strengthen substantially over the weekend to …
Read More »Unnamed storm brewing in the Atlantic has forecasters worried for Southeast US Coast
There were two named storms in the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday, Gabrielle and Humberto. But it’s a storm that doesn’t have a name that many in the U.S. will be watching closely. That system, which is being called Invest 94 for now, was causing rain, storms and gusty winds across parts of the Dominican Republic and the Turks and Caicos …
Read More »Tropical Storm Humberto forms in Atlantic. Maps show its forecast path.
Tracking potential storm threats in Atlantic Tracking potential storm threats in Atlantic 01:35 Tropical Storm Humberto formed Wednesday in the central tropical Atlantic, and it is expected to move northwest over the next several days, according to the National Hurricane Center. The storm is one of two systems swirling over the western Atlantic that could potentially bring some downstream impacts …
Read More »Reduced Atlantic reef growth past 2 °C warming amplifies sea-level impacts
Burke, L. & Spalding, M. Shoreline protection by the world’s coral reefs: mapping the benefits to people, assets, and infrastructure. Mar. Policy 146, 105311 (2022). Article Google Scholar Harris, D. L. et al. Coral reef structural complexity provides important coastal protection from waves under rising sea levels. Sci. Adv. 4, eaao4350 (2018). Article ADS PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Perry, …
Read More »Hilary Duff Signs to Atlantic, Preps Docuseries About Return to Music
Hilary Duff has signed with Atlantic Records in anticipation of her return to music. Duff, who last released her fifth studio album “Breathe In. Breathe Out.” in June 2015, will also be the subject of a docuseries that chronicles her journey back to music and explores her personal life. The docuseries will be directed and executive-produced by Sam Wrench, who …
Read More »Another round of weird peak-season quiet in the Atlantic tropics » Yale Climate Connections
We’ve arrived at the peak week of hurricane season – the traditional midpoint of the Atlantic’s yearly activity is September 10 – but you wouldn’t know it from the Tropical Weather Outlook issued by the National Hurricane Center, or NHC, on Monday, September 8. The headline: “Tropical cyclone activity is not expected during the next 7 days.” As we reported last …
Read More »Science news this week: A key Atlantic current nears collapse, the world’s biggest iceberg shatters, and mouse brains rewrite neuroscience
The watery part of the world dominated our science news coverage this week, beginning with the alarming prediction that a key Atlantic current, the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), which includes the Gulf Stream, could begin its irreversible collapse in decades. That’s according to a new landmark study, which combined the predictions of 25 climate models to arrive at an …
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