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What is this world coming to when a weather satellite that was designed for a two-year mission starts to fail 21 years after launch? I mean, really — where’s the pride these days?
All kidding aside, it seems like NOAA-15, a satellite launched in 1998 to monitor surface temperatures and …read more
Continue reading The Death of a Weather Satellite as Seen by SDR
If the great Samuel Clemens were alive today, he might modify the famous meteorological quip often attributed to him to read, “Everyone complains about weather forecasts, but I can’t for the life of me see why!” In his day, weather forecasting was as much guesswork as anything else, reading the …read more
Continue reading How 5G is Likely to Put Weather Forecasting at Risk
The Sun is getting grumpy again after years of relative peace. Continue reading Weekend Solar Storm May Create Auroras As Far South As Vancouver and NYC
A NOAA expedition filmed the orcas, which have distinctive small white eye patches, off of Cape Horn, Chile. Continue reading Watch Rare Footage of the Mysterious ‘Type D’ Orca
Last year, 14 natural disasters caused at least $1 billion in damage each. Continue reading Government Climate Report Spotlights Costly Damage of Extreme Weather In 2018
On Monday, the World Magnetic Model was updated to account for the north pole’s eccentric behavior, after a delay caused by the US federal shutdown. Continue reading What Happens if the Magnetic North Pole Keeps Rushing Toward Siberia?
“The situation is impacted by the partial government shutdown.” Continue reading The Tiger Sharks Eating This Dead Whale Aren’t Waiting for the Government Shutdown to End
The federal government was set to update the World Magnetic Model but had to delay it because of the shutdown. Continue reading Scientists Can’t Fix Map of Earth’s Magnetic Field Thanks to the Government Shutdown
“This is the third or fourth case of an eel in the nose that we have observed.” Continue reading Everything You Wanted to Know About This Monk Seal With an Eel in Its Nose
Companies can now apply for permits to shoot underwater airguns that hurt ecosystems to assess offshore drilling potential. Continue reading Trump Wants to Allow Seismic Oil Surveys in the Atlantic Ocean