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Coral reefs suffer fourth worldwide bleaching event, NOAA says

Along coastlines from Australia to Kenya to Mexico, a number of the world's vibrant coral reefs have turned a ghostly white in what researchers stated on Monday amounted to the 4th international whitening occasion in the last three years. At least 54 nations and areas have actually experienced mass bleaching among their reefs since February 2023 as environment change warms the ocean's surface waters, according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Coral Reef Watch, the world's leading coral reef monitoring body. Whitening is triggered by water temperature anomalies that trigger corals to expel the colorful algae living...

Electric Utilities

Duke Energy inks deals with Amazon, Google, Microsoft on tidy energy supply

Amazon, Google and Microsoft have actually signed preliminary agreements to establish brand-new power agreement terms with electric energies in the U.S. south focused on lowering the expense of constructing new nuclear innovations and batteries, Duke Energy said on Wednesday. In memorandums of understanding (MOUs) signed this month, Duke and the world's most significant technology business proposed developing brand-new electricity rate structures, or tariffs, to drive the advancement of carbon-free technologies, such as small modular reactors, and long-duration energy storage in North and South Carolina. Steel manufacturer Nucor likewise signed the initial arrangement with Duke. The tariffs would facilitate beneficial on-site...

Environment

Relentless rain puts South Florida at risk of 'lethal' flooding

More torrential downpours deluged South Florida on Thursday, adding to more than a foot (30 cm) of rain that fell on parts of the state today and leading forecasters to issue flood watches or cautions for a location where 8 million individuals live. Some locations, including portions of Broward and Miami-Dade counties, were at risk of lethal flooding, as water built up on roadways and lapped up against thresholds of homes, the National Weather condition Service said. A couple of spots have reported up to 18-to-25 inches (46-to-63.5. cm) of rain given that Monday, said Bob Oravec, a forecaster with...

Environment

Heat, cyclones and blackouts: Cubans brace for long summer after scorching May

If May is any indication, Cuba is in for a long, hot summer, states Havana horse and buggy driver Osmel Valdes. The 52-year-old Havana resident runs a transportation service through the Cuban capital's sweltering streets. Shade is difficult to come by so he lays a piece of scrap cardboard atop his horse in between trips to offer it reprieve. This month the heat has been awful, he states. Across the island nation, summer season temperatures arrived nearly 2 months early, made worse by hours-long blackouts amidst fuel lacks and power-plant failures. With night-time temperature levels reaching 27 degrees Celsius (80...

Environment

More than 60% of world's coral reefs may have bleached in previous year, NOAA states

Almost twothirds of the world's. reef have actually gone through heat stress bad enough to. trigger lightening over the previous year, the leading firm. keeping an eye on coral reefs stated on Thursday. The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. ( NOAA) revealed last month that the world's coral reefs remained in. the throes of a 4th mass lightening occasion, as climate change. integrated with an El Nino environment pattern has actually pushed ocean. temperatures to tape highs. Now, the agency reports some 60.5% of the world's reef location. has actually been impacted which number is still increasing. I am...

Environment

AccuWeather forecasts near-record storms this Atlantic typhoon season

U.S. private forecaster AccuWeather anticipates an aboveaverage 2024 Atlantic typhoon season with a. nearrecord number of storms and a greater than usual risk of. direct impacts in parts of Florida, Texas and the Carolinas, it. stated on Wednesday. This year's hurricane season, possibly one of the most. active in history, begins on June 1, however there are indications that. the very first called system might swirl even before that, AccuWeather. noted in its forecast. It projects 20-25 named storms throughout the Atlantic basin. this year, including 8-12 cyclones, of which 4 to 7 are. forecast to be significant, and 4...