Tag Archives: ocean

• Offbeat

  New tracking device shows great white shark swimming close to Florida coast

  Authorities and scientists are urging people to stay out of the water in Jacksonville, Florida because they’re tracking a massive Great White off the coast.
• News / Weather / Weather Blog

  New NASA-funded forecast system helps transoceanic flights avoid storms

  The eight-hour forecasts of potentially dangerous atmospheric conditions are designed for pilots, air traffic controllers and others involved in transoceanic flights.
• News

  Concern as acidic oceans dissolve sea creatures’ shells

  Parts of the ocean sea snails inhabit are becoming more acidic as a result of the burning of fossil fuels by humans, scientists say.
• News / Weather / Weather Blog

  Leslie creates rough waters along U.S. East Coast

  High risk for rip currents along Virginia’s Atlantic coast beaches.
• News / Weather / Weather Blog

  Atlantic Basin gets another named storm Tuesday

  Tropical Storms Leslie and Michael will likely not reach the U.S. East Coast.
• News / Weather / Weather Blog

  TROPICS UPDATE: Tropical Depression Eight forms Wednesday

  It will pose no threat to the U.S.
• News

  Pics: No sailors injured after USS Porter collides with oil tanker

  No one was hurt Sunday morning when a U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer and a large Japanese owned merchant vessel collided near the Strait of Hormuz.
• News

  Pacman the sea turtle rehabilitated in Va. and released

  With a little bit of help, PacMan the loggerhead sea turtle was back in the ocean after weeks of rehabilitation.
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  NASA’s Landsat sees Earth’s changes over program’s 40 years of observation

  Former astronaut Piers Sellers talks with Meteorologist Carrie Rose Friday morning.
• News

  S. Korea whaling decision prompts international outcry

  South Korea is planning to begin hunting whales off its shores, citing a scientific research loophole in a world-wide whaling moratorium.
• News / Weather / Weather Blog

  WEATHER: Chris becomes first hurricane of Atlantic season

  Chris poses no threat to land.
• News

  Graphic: Myrtle Beach shark bite victims speak

  Evidence has been sent to researchers to confirm that the four attacks were from sharks.