2014 was the Earth’s warmest year since records began in 1880, according to reports from federal scientists published Friday. The finding reached by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA offers more confirmation of the planet’s warming trend as a result of greenhouse gas emissions. NOAA stated that 2014’s combined global land and ocean…
This past September may have felt pretty typical for the South Bend region: a sharp change in seasons with highs dipping into the 50s and then back near 70. But it was far from typical on a global scale. September 2014 was the warmest on record, according to a new report from NOAA. The global…
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is predicting a drier than average winter for the South Bend area and Great Lakes region as a whole. They say that a repeat of last year’s extended extremely cold weather is unlikely. NOAA’s long-term prediction is less confident on the temperature outlook for the Great Lakes region, saying…
The ocean is getting warmer at a rate that far outpaces previous estimates, a new study published Sunday has discovered. Since 1970, the top 700 meters (roughly 2,296 feet) of the ocean have been heating up 24 to 55 percent faster than scientists have been estimating, the report, published in Nature Climate Change, found—a massive…
Federal biologists have discovered an unusual phenomenon on a beach in northwest Alaska: a massive gathering of walruses—35,000 of them—crowded onto a small strip of shore. This swarm, which was sighted in a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration aerial survey on Saturday, is a direct result of a warming climate and declining sea ice, say…
