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CNN —Hurricane Hilary is expected to slam into Southern California on Sunday as a rare tropical storm, unleashing floods, fierce winds and heavy downpours as residents evacuate, parks and beaches close and first responders brace for water rescues. Although Hilary is forecast to move north from Baja California into Southern California Sunday afternoon, its impacts will be felt earlier. First responders have also pre-positioned to respond quickly and perform water rescues from flooded areas, state officials said. There are “more than 7,500 boots on the ground” already deployed to help protect from the impact of Hurricane Hilary, according to the release from Newsom’s office. “There will be power outages across Southern California,” Ward said.

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CNN —Residents in the Southwest are bracing for heavy rains and potentially catastrophic flooding as Hurricane Hilary is expected to pummel the region as a rare tropical storm beginning Sunday and lasting into next week. Its core is expected to pass close to the peninsula Saturday night and then weaken into a tropical storm as it crosses into the US and Southern California. The threat has triggered California’s first ever tropical storm warning extending from the state’s southern border to just north of Los Angeles. “Preparations for the impacts of flooding from rainfall should be completed as soon as possible, as heavy rain will increase ahead of the center on Saturday,” the hurricane center said. Medano Beach in Mexico's Cabo San Lucas as Hurricane Hilary nears the coast on August 18, 2023.

Persons: Hilary, –, Joe Lombardo, Joe Biden, Alfredo Estrella, Gavin Newsom’s, Robert Luna, Todd Gloria Organizations: CNN, Residents, National Hurricane Center, NHC, Nevada Gov, National Guard, Federal Emergency Management Agency, National Oceanic, Atmospheric Administration, Weather, Center, California National Guard personnel, Electricity, Southern California Edison, County Sheriff’s Department, Major League Baseball, Los Angeles Angels, Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego Padres, Major League Soccer, LA Galaxy Locations: Mexico’s Baja California, Southern California, Los Angeles, California , Nevada, Arizona, Nevada, California, Mexico's Cabo San Lucas, AFP, San Diego, Los Angeles County

☆ Hurricane Hilary expected to strengthen to Category 4 before weakening, dumping rain over California and Southwest US this weekend
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( Elizabeth Wolfe | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Hurricane Hilary is expected to intensify into a lashing Category 4 storm as it nears Mexico’s Baja Peninsula on Friday and then weaken over the weekend, bringing rain and flooding to parts of the Southwest US. The storm strengthened to a Category 3 hurricane Thursday evening and is likely to build into a powerful Category 4 on Friday, the advisory said. Southern swaths of California and Nevada could see 3 to 5 inches of rain with isolated amounts of up to 10 inches. Smaller amounts of 1 to 3 inches are expected across central parts of those states as well as across western Arizona and southwest Utah. Parched Southwest may see brief reliefAs the rainfall passes through the Southwest, it may help combat prolonged drought and recharge depleted groundwater.

Persons: Hilary, “, ” Daniel Swain Organizations: CNN, Southwest, National Hurricane Center, Southwestern, National Weather Service, National Oceanic, Atmospheric Administration, US Drought Monitor, University of California Locations: Peninsula, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, Baja California Sur, California, Southwestern United States, Southern California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, San Diego, Los Angeles, New Mexico, Valley , California, Death, floodwater

☆ Conditions are ripe for a global coral bleaching event: ‘Florida is just the tip of the iceberg’
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( Catherine Clifford | In Catclifford | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

NOAA, coral reefs, Florida Keys, coral reefs, coral bleaching, climate change, warm oceansCoral reefs off the coast of Florida are being hit by a mass bleaching event due to record high ocean temperatures, and early indications suggest a global mass bleaching event could be underway. The Sentinel climate research and monitoring site in the Florida Keys has recorded 100% coral bleaching since late July. There have been eight mass coral bleaching events that have impacted the entire Florida Keys since 1987, Manzello said. "We're talking about thousands upon thousands of miles of coral reefs undergoing severe bleaching heat stress," Manzello said. "Now, it's still way too early to predict whether or not there will be a global bleaching event, but if we compare what is happening right now to what happened in the beginning of the past global bleaching event, things are worse now than they were in 2014 to 2017."

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☆ Social Security cost-of-living adjustment for 2024 may be 3%, estimate finds. How hurricane season may change that
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( Lorie Konish | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

"The COLA estimate might go down if gas and oil prices drop." Hurricanes, in particular, may prompt higher oil and gas prices, she said. "Certainly, hurricane season bears close monitoring, and we are entering the heart of it now," said AAA spokesman Andrew Gross. "A major storm impacting the Gulf Coast and nearby refineries will likely lead to a spike in gas prices for a few weeks," he said. However, the pressure may be off pump prices at the moment, he said, due to a combination of lower oil prices and flat demand.

Persons: Mary Johnson, Johnson, Andrew Gross Organizations: Istock, CPI, Social Security, Senior Citizens League, Hurricanes, National Oceanic, Atmospheric Administration, AAA, Seniors Locations: Coast

☆ Tropical Storms Are Rare in California. The Last, in 1939, Killed Nearly 100.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( Livia Albeck-Ripka | More About Livia Albeck-Ripka | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

More than a dozen boats were declared missing, and the wreckage of an 80-foot yacht washed up near Huntington Beach, a usually picturesque surf spot. Twenty-three people drowned when a sport fishing boat capsized just 500 feet from a pier at Point Mugu, near Oxnard. The overall damage was estimated to be around $2 million, the equivalent of around $44 million in today’s dollars. Besides the 1939 storm, the only other tropical storm to make landfall in the state was on Oct. 2, 1858, when a hurricane shook San Diego, damaging homes, uprooting trees and causing inland flooding. Christopher Landsea, a forecaster with the National Hurricane Center and an author of the paper, noted that there were no reported injuries or fatalities.

Persons: Christopher Landsea Organizations: The Times, Man, Southwestern, Administration, National Hurricane Center Locations: Huntington Beach, Mugu, Oxnard, Los Angeles, Warsaw, Poland, Southwestern United States, California, San Diego, Daily Alta California

☆ Hurricane Hilary forms off Mexico’s Pacific coast and could bring rain to U.S. Southwest
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

This satellite image taken at 10:50am EDT on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023, and provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows Hurricane Hilary off the Pacific coast of Mexico. Hilary strengthened into a Category 2 hurricane off Mexico's Pacific coast Thursday, and it could bring heavy rain to the U.S. southwest by the weekend. The hurricane center said it could possibly survive briefly as a tropical storm and cross the U.S. border. No tropical storm has made landfall in Southern California since Sept. 25, 1939, according to the National Weather Service. The outlook for excessive rainfall in Southern California stretches from Sunday to Tuesday, according to the Los Angeles weather office.

Persons: Hilary, Daniel Swain Organizations: National Oceanic, Atmospheric Administration, U.S, National Hurricane Center, National Weather Service, Southwestern, UCLA Locations: Mexico, U.S, Baja California, Los, Baja, Southern California, Southwestern United States, arroyo, San Diego , California, Yuma , Arizona, Bakersfield , California, Tucson , Arizona, Angeles, California

☆ Hurricane Hilary rapidly intensifying, could bring significant flooding to Southern California, Southwest
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Mary Gilbert | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Hurricane Hilary is rapidly intensifying in the Pacific Ocean southwest of Mexico on Thursday and is on track to deliver potentially significant rain and flooding to parts of the Southwest as a weaker system starting this weekend. One of those places is Death Valley, California, the hottest place on Earth. The combination of rainfall and increased cloud cover across the Southwest is expected to bring a significant cooldown over the weekend. The most recent was an unnamed tropical storm in 1939, NOAA records show. 1997’s Nora was the last and only other tropical storm to maintain its status after crossing into California.

Persons: Hilary, Daniel Swain, San Diego Hurricane, —, Nora Organizations: CNN, National Hurricane Center, University of California, US Drought Monitor, National Oceanic, Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, San Diego Locations: Mexico, Cabo San Lucas, Peninsula, California, Southern California, Nevada, Arizona, Central California, Los Angeles, Death Valley , California, Death, floodwater, New Mexico, Phoenix

☆ Dolphins are dying in droves in the Black Sea, and Ukraine says it's evidence that Russia is committing a new kind of war crime
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Sonam Sheth | Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Ukrainian officials have documented an uptick in dolphin and porpoise deaths near the Black Sea. They may use the data to build a case accusing Russia of environmental war crimes, NYT reported. That's according to The New York Times, which reported that there's been a significant increase in dead dolphins and porpoises washing ashore in the Black Sea. In a peace plan he laid out last November, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy discussed the environmental damage Russia's war was causing. Currently, there are four acts that are considered international crimes that the International Criminal Court (ICC) oversees: genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and crimes of aggression.

Persons: there's, Volodymyr Zelenskyy Organizations: Service, Ukraine, The New York Times, The Times, National Oceanic, Atmospheric Administration, Criminal Court, ICC Locations: Russia, Wall, Silicon, ecocide, Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine, Russian

☆ Maps: Tracking Hurricane Hilary
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Judson Jones | Madison Dong | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Maps: Tracking Hurricane HilaryHurricane Hilary is expected to intensify into a major hurricane on Thursday before rapidly weakening on Saturday and making landfall somewhere along the west coast of Baja California or Southern California this weekend. By Madison DongForecasters are confident that Hilary will track parallel to the Mexico coast for a day or so, which makes it difficult to pinpoint where the storm will come ashore. Satellite image of Hurricane Hilary. Source: NOAAThe farther west it tracks, the greater the rainfall and winds that are expected in Southern California. If the storm moves inland over the Baja California Peninsula, the rainfall is likely to be more significant in places like Arizona.

Persons: Hurricane Hilary, Madison Dong, Hilary Organizations: Daylight, Madison, NOAA Locations: Baja California, Southern California, Mexico, California, Arizona

☆ Oceans absorb 90% of the heat from climate change — here's why record ocean temps are so harmful
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Catherine Clifford | In Catclifford | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +22 min

"Over 90 percent of the excess energy on earth due to climate change is found in warmer oceans, some of it in surface oceans and some at depth." Put simply, the greenhouse gases serve to trap more heat, some of which is absorbed by the ocean," Kirtman told CNBC. In addition to the daily record on July 31, the monthly sea surface temperature for July was the hottest July on record, "by far," Copernicus said. CopernicusThese record sea surface temperatures arise from multiple factors, including the El Niño weather pattern, which is currently in effect. "These climate variations occur when sea surface temperature patterns of warming and cooling self-reinforce by changing patterns of winds and precipitation that deepen the sea surface temperature changes."

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Consumers purchase gasoline at a gas station as a plane approaches to land at the airport in San Diego, California October 8, 2012. National retail gasoline prices will average $3.90 a gallon this month, predict analysts at Goldman Sachs. Jones said he was relieved prices were not close to the $5 a gallon level of last summer. Total U.S. gasoline stocks this month fell to 216.4 million barrels, the fifth decline in six weeks, according to U.S. government data. Reporting by Laura Sanicola and Shariq Khan; editing by Stephanie Kelly and Aurora EllisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Mike Blake, Goldman Sachs, Martin Jones, Jones, Irving Oil's, Patrick De Haan, Laura Sanicola, Shariq, Stephanie Kelly, Aurora Ellis Organizations: REUTERS, Consumers, American Automobile Association, Toyota Corolla, Washington , D.C, U.S . Midwest, Total U.S, U.S . National Oceanic, Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, Hurricanes, Thomson Locations: San Diego , California, California, Washington, Massachusetts, Washington ,, U.S, Ohio, Michigan, Whiting , Indiana, New Brunswick, Canada, Trainer ,, Texas, Gulf

☆ Earth just had its hottest July 'by a long shot,' NASA and NOAA say
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-14 | by ( Denise Chow | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

NASA and NOAA together found that last month's average global surface temperature was 2.02 degrees Fahrenheit above the 20th-century average. Last month was also the fourth consecutive month that global ocean surface temperatures hit a record high, the scientists said. This trend in ocean warming carries far-reaching consequences, he said. Changes in ocean temperatures can also have enormous impacts on marine species and their broader ecosystems, he said. This phenomenon is characterized by warm ocean surface temperatures in parts of the Pacific Ocean and tends to boost global temperatures and influence weather conditions around the world.

Persons: Sarah Kapnick, Carlos Del Castillo, Del Castillo, El, Gavin Schmidt, El Niño, Kapnick Organizations: NASA, National Oceanic, Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, Ecology Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight, Northern, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, 533rd, El Locations: Greenbelt , Maryland, New York, El

☆ Maui wildfires: What are the deadliest wildfires in US history?
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-13 | by ( Stephen Culp | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

The causes of the Hawaii wildfires, which started on Tuesday night, have not yet been determined. Hawaii Governor Josh Green on Sunday called a part of the island of Maui that was devastated by wildfires a "war zone". Reuters GraphicsHOW MANY DIED IN THE CLOQUET AND GREAT HINCKLEY FIRES? Since 2018, wildfires in the United States have destroyed nearly 63,000 structures, the majority of which were homes. In 2022, there were 66,255 wildfires in the United States, compared with 18,229 in 1983, when record keeping began, per the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Persons: Josh Green, Peshtigo, Partridge, Hinckley, Stephen Culp, Lisa Shumaker Organizations: National Fire Protection Association, Historical Society, Reuters, HINCKLEY, Library of Congress, NFPA, Federal Emergency Management Association, FEMA, Environmental Protection Agency, Interagency Fire Center, Fire, Hinckley, Oceanic, Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, Thomson Locations: Maui, Hawaii, Lahaina, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Hinckley, Mission, Miller, United States, California

☆ CNBC Daily Open: Is China a no-go for U.S. investment?
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( Clement Tan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

This report is from today's CNBC Daily Open, our new, international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Almost all of the monthly inflation increase came from shelter costs, which rose 0.4% and were up 7.7% from a year ago. Markets reacted favorably, expecting July's tame inflation reading to mean no more interest rate hikes from the Federal Reserve. Investors may want to consider using the recent weakness in chipmaker Nvidia to snatch up shares of the artificial intelligence darling, some Wall Street analysts are saying.

Persons: Dow Jones, Hong, Joe Biden, Biden, they're Organizations: CNBC, of Labor Statistics, Federal Reserve, Dow, Nasdaq, U.S, Wednesday, Oceanic, Atmospheric Administration, Nvidia, Investors Locations: United States, China, U.S, Japan, Hawaii, Maui

☆ U.S. forecasters raise 2023 hurricane forecast
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( Erwin Seba | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/Marco Bello/File PhotoHOUSTON, Aug 10 (Reuters) - U.S. government forecasters on Thursday said they expect a more dangerous Atlantic storm season than previously projected, raising their Atlantic hurricane outlook due to high sea surface temperatures. In May, NOAA had predicted 12-17 named storms, 5-8 hurricanes and one to four major hurricanes. An average Atlantic season has 14 named storms, seven hurricanes and three major hurricanes. NOAA's forecast was raised "to account for record warm sea surface temperatures in the Atlantic," said meteorologist Matthew Rosencrans with the agency’s Climate Prediction Center. "We normally have our 4th named storm on August 14th and first hurricane on August 11th, and we are at 4 named storms and one hurricane."

Persons: Hurricane Ida, Marco Bello, Matthew Rosencrans, El, El Nino, Jim Foerster, Chris Hewitt, Erwin Seba, Gloria Dickie, John Stonestreet Organizations: REUTERS, U.S . National Oceanic, Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, Colorado State University, El Nino, El, World Meteorological Organization, Thomson Locations: Louisiana, Montegut , Louisiana, U.S, Pacific, United States, Hawaii, El Nino, Gulf, Mexico, Coast, Texas , Louisiana, Mississippi, London

☆ Record hot ocean temps could turbocharge the hurricane season, says NOAA
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( Catherine Clifford | In Catclifford | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Don was the first hurricane of the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season. Record hot ocean temperatures could turbocharge this hurricane season, according to scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. NOAA scientists increased the chance that this year will be an above-normal Atlantic hurricane season to 60% on Thursday. In May, NOAA predicted a "near-normal" hurricane season with 30% likelihood of an above-normal Atlantic hurricane season. The revised estimate of 14 to 21 named storms puts this year close to last year when there were 14 named storms and relatively close to 2021, when there were 21 named storms.

Persons: Don, Atlantic . Don, Matthew Rosencrans, Rosencrans Organizations: National Oceanic, Atmospheric Administration, NOAA Locations: Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, North Atlantic, Ready.gov

☆ Massive explosions from the sun pose a radioactive triple threat to the moon, Earth, and Mars
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( Maiya Focht | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

An explosion from the sun blasted radiation into space, reaching the Earth, Mars, and the moon in 2021. These particles cannot harm humans on Earth, but they may harm people in space, research shows. These are called coronal mass ejections, and a particularly intense one produced particles that hit Mars, Earth, and the moon in October of 2021. That's why his team is in near constant communication with the Space Radiation Analysis group. In the future, similar safeguards could be established on the moon and Mars.

Persons: CMEs, Robert Steenburgh, Steenburgh, NASA We're, That's, they've Organizations: Service, European Space Agencies, NASA, National Oceanic, Atmospheric Administration, International

☆ Vaquita porpoise: Extinction alert issued for critically endangered marine mammal
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( Amaya Mcdonald | Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —The International Whaling Commission released its first-ever extinction alert Monday to warn of the potential danger facing the critically endangered vaquita porpoise. The scientific committee believes the vaquita population has a chance of recovery if stronger enforcement is placed on the ban on gillnets in their habitat. The vaquita population has varied from a few thousand to 5,000 over the last 250,000 years, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. But maintaining a small population for so long has actually helped the vaquitas, which have a 21-year lifespan, reducing the risks of inbreeding because they have less genetic variation among them. The marine mammals are also less susceptible to harmful genetic mutations that might otherwise cause their offspring to die.

Persons: ” Vaquitas “, Kate Wilson, ” Kirk Lohmueller, CNN’s Kristen Rogers Organizations: CNN, Whaling Commission, International Union for Conservation, IWC, Gulf of, National Oceanic, Atmospheric Administration, University of California Locations: Gulf of California, Mexico, Gulf, China, Mexico’s Gulf of California, Cortez, Los Angeles

☆ The sun is growing more active, which could shower the moon with lethal doses of radiation and threaten the lives of astronauts who dare set foot on it
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( Maiya Focht | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

An explosion from the sun blasted radiation into space, reaching the Earth, Mars, and the moon in 2021. These are called coronal mass ejections, and a particularly intense one produced particles that hit Mars, Earth, and the moon in October of 2021. If there had been an astronaut up on the moon or Mars at the time these particles hit, they would've been exposed to radiation, though the levels were below a lethal dose. As the sun begins entering a more active stage, CMEs will likely become more common and stronger, which means more radiation risk for astronauts. That's why his team is in near constant communication with the Space Radiation Analysis group.

Persons: CMEs, Robert Steenburgh, Steenburgh, NASA We're, That's, they've Organizations: Service, European Space Agencies, NASA, National Oceanic, Atmospheric Administration, International

☆ The No. 1 worst U.S. state to retire — it's not New York or California
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-05 | by ( Cheyenne Devon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

For the second year in a row, Alaska ranks as the worst state to retire, according to a recent Bankrate study. Despite placing 20th on last year's list of best states to retire, New York came in 49th this year. Meanwhile, California maintained its standing as the third worst state to retire. A massive housing shortage has caused living costs to rise in the Golden State, placing it 49th place in affordability, following closely behind New York. Here are the 10 worst states to retire in 2023, according to Bankrate.

Persons: Bankrate Organizations: U.S . Census Bureau, Tax Foundation, National Oceanic, Atmospheric Administration, New York, Golden State Locations: Alaska, , New York, New, California, Golden, New York

☆ Extreme heat is holding the economy back. Don't expect federal legislation to help any time soon.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Noah Sheidlower | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

There are no federal regulations protecting workers in extreme heat. Biden announced plans to protect workers last week with more enforcement of heat-safety violations. "I urge the administration to move quickly to create this national heat standard to protect workers on the job. Last year, business groups sued Oregon over extreme heat worker protection rules, arguing the state overstepped its statutory authority in requiring employers to pay workers during breaks. However, some experts believe that investments to protect workers, such as rearranging shifts or changing uniform colors, pay off since workers can be more productive in the longer run.

Persons: Biden, Marc Freedman, Algernon Austin, Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, haven't, Austin Organizations: Service, United States Chamber of Commerce, New York Times, OSHA, Center for Economic, Policy Research, Research, Labor Department, National Oceanic, Atmospheric Administration, Department of, Democratic, Occupational Safety, Health Administration, Safety, UPS, Asuncion Valdivia Heat, American Farm Bureau Federation, National Demolition Association Locations: Wall, Silicon, California , Colorado, Washington, America, Oregon, Texas, California , Michigan, Georgia, Asuncion Valdivia

☆ Oceans temperatures soared to the highest level on record this week
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Laura Paddison | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

But what’s clear, she said, is “that current sea surface temperatures are exceptionally and unseasonably warm” and bringing wide-ranging implications, “especially for complex ecosystems such as coral reefs.”Gregory C. Johnson, an oceanographer at NOAA, said sea surface temperatures have soared this year. Surface temperatures tend to remain high from August through to September before starting to decline, said Johnson. “There’s still room to have warmer sea surface temperatures” this year. In the Florida Keys, a marine heat wave has pushed ocean temperatures to record-breaking, “hot tub” levels, leaving multiple coral reefs now completely bleached or dead. Some scientists are concerned that the ocean temperature records set this year could mark the start of an alarming trend for ocean heat.

Persons: El Niño, Kaitlin Naughten, Copernicus, ”, Gregory C, Johnson, “ There’s, –, Samantha Burgess, “ We’ve, ” Johnson Organizations: CNN, Antarctic Survey, Oceanic, NOAA, North Atlantic, Ireland Locations: Florida, North, North Atlantic

☆ What This Year’s ‘Astonishing’ Ocean Heat Means for the Planet
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Elena Shao | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +7 min

Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly on July 31, 2023 –6°F 0° +6° +9° Atlantic Ocean Pacific Ocean Pacific Ocean Indian Ocean Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly on July 31, 2023 –6°F 0° +6° +9°What This Year’s ‘Astonishing’ Ocean Heat Means for the PlanetBrutal heat waves have baked the world this summer and they haven’t been contained to land. Note: Average sea surface temperatures for ocean areas between 60 degrees north and 60 degrees south latitude are shown. The planet’s average sea surface temperature spiked to a record high in April and the ocean has remained exceptionally warm ever since. Some have suggested that international rules aimed at reducing air pollution from maritime shipping could have inadvertently increased ocean warming. Warmer ocean temperatures also provide more fodder for tropical cyclones and atmospheric river storms.

Persons: Jan, ”, Gregory Johnson, El, Michelle L’Heureux, Zeke Hausfather, Hausfather, El Niño, von Schuckmann, Dr, Johnson Organizations: Mar, University of Maine, National Oceanic, Atmospheric Administration, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Locations: Atlantic, Florida, Berkeley, Tonga

☆ Great Barrier Reef stays off UNESCO ‘in danger’ list but hot El Niño summer looms
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Hilary Whiteman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

“A lot of climate scientists are shocked by the fact that it wasn’t put on the list,” Kimberley Reid from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes and Monash University told CNN. Covering nearly 133,000 square miles (345,000 square kilometers), the Great Barrier Reef is home to more than 1,500 species of fish and 411 species of hard corals. Environment minister Tanya Plibersek told reporters Tuesday she made no apology for lobbying UNESCO to keep the Great Barrier Reef off the “in danger” list. Bleaching events and global warming have done significant damage to the Great Barrier Reef. Tourists, divers and marine biologists enter and exit the waters of the Great Barrier Reef on August 10, 2022 on Hastings Reef, Australia.

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