A new tectonic fault could be emerging beneath the Atlantic Ocean, raising the risk of powerful earthquakes and tsunamis that could ripple across the basin. That’s according to a new study published this week in Nature Geoscience. For centuries, scientists have puzzled over why Portugal has suffered huge earthquakes despite lying far from the world’s major fault lines. On 1 …
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Ed Galkin is about to add another adventure to his astonishing flight resume. Galkin has flown around the world four times, most recently in 2022, in the same single-engine plane the retired dentist purchased in 1977. Now he’s getting ready for a 37-day, 8,800-mile journey that is starting and finishing in New Jersey. It will be highlighted by two crossings …
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The collapse of a critical Atlantic current can no longer be considered a low-likelihood event, a study has concluded, making deep cuts to fossil fuel emissions even more urgent to avoid the catastrophic impact. The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (Amoc) is a major part of the global climate system. It brings sun-warmed tropical water to Europe and the Arctic, where …
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Hurricane Erin continued to churn in the North Atlantic well southeast of New England on Friday. Rip currents will continue to plague parts of the U.S. East Coast, Bermuda, and Atlantic Canada into the weekend, as Erin’s massive circulation – including tropical-storm-force winds spanning an area 600-700 miles wide – pushes immense volumes of high surf. Erin had already embarked on …
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Facebook Tweet Email Link Powerful Hurricane Erin has undergone astonishingly rapid changes in its intensity — a phenomenon that has become far more common in recent years as the planet warms. It quickly became a rare Category 5 for a time Saturday, before weakening and becoming a larger system on Sunday as it churns through the Atlantic Ocean north of …
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Facebook Tweet Email Link Hurricane Erin is rapidly intensifying as it tracks above the northeastern Caribbean Saturday, churning up rough surf and sending rain and gusty winds to islands south of its path. Erin was a Category 4 hurricane with sustained winds of 130 mph as of Saturday morning, according to the National Hurricane Center. Erin is located about 150 …
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Erin strengthened into a hurricane Friday as the storm continued on a path over the Atlantic Ocean, forecasters said. It is the first hurricane to develop in the Atlantic this year, and it was expected to continue gaining strength, potentially growing into a major hurricane. Forecasters with the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami have been urging people in the …
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This graphic from the National Hurricane Center shows a possible path of Tropical Storm Erin over the course of the week. National Hurricane Center hide caption toggle caption National Hurricane Center A tropical storm churning in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa could become the first Atlantic hurricane of the 2025 season. Federal forecasters expect Tropical Storm Erin, …
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Tropical Storm Erin forms as it rapidly strengthens in Atlantic WFTV Tropical Storm Erin forms in the Atlantic and is expected to strengthen into the first hurricane of the season CNN Tropical Storm Erin likely to be 1st hurricane of season, not forecast to hit US ABC News Atlantic season’s first hurricane likely. What it means for Florida’s weather ABC7 WWSB The season’s first …
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Tropical Storm Erin forms in eastern Atlantic CBS News Miami meteorologist analyzes Tropical Storm Erin’s projected path 04:18 Tropical Storm Erin formed in the eastern Atlantic Ocean on Monday, forecasters said. The storm could strengthen to become the Atlantic’s first hurricane of the season. The storm formed just west of the Cabo Verde islands off the western coast of Africa, …
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