The climate pattern that tends to bring drier, warmer conditions to the southern half of the United States and wetter weather to the northern half has ended, NOAA said Thursday.
Tag: Oceans and Seas
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Nations Agree on Language for Historic Treaty to Protect Ocean Life
The United Nations agreement is a significant step toward protecting biodiversity under growing threat from climate change, overfishing and mining of seabeds.
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Take Water. Add Sodium Chloride. Chill and Squeeze Into Salty Ices.
The lab-created compounds — never seen before — might exist naturally on icy moons in the outer solar system.
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Why Sea Turtles Are Washing Up on New York’s Beaches
At New York State’s only sea turtle rehabilitation center, workers are nursing a record number of sick patients back to health.
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Sphere on Japanese Beach Was Just a Buoy, Experts Say
Experts said the sphere that washed ashore, leading to speculation about espionage, was nothing special. “Maybe everybody is paranoid because of balloons,” one said.