Tides & Weather in Downeast & Mount Desert, ME, Maine
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Status of the Stocks: Record-Low Number of Stocks on Overfishing List in 2023
By noaa.gov. Ongoing positive trends continued into last year. In a report released today, NOAA Fisheries announced that 2023 saw a record low for the number of fish stocks subject to overfishing. The annual Status of the Stocks report is an assessment of the 506 stocks and stock complexes managed by NOAA… SEE MORE
The Future of Coral Restoration in the Florida Keys after Unprecedented Marine Heat Wave of 2023
By Haley Thiem. In the summer of 2023, portions of the Florida Keys experienced an extreme marine heat wave, unlike any other in recorded history for the region. Heat records were broken and some reefs were completely bleached—they expelled their food-producing algal partners and turned white. Throughout this prolonged heat wave NOAA scientists and partners raced… SEE MORE
U.S. Climate Summary for April 2024
By climate.gov. Highlights A severe weather outbreak generated more than one hundred tornadoes, including one EF-4, across the Midwest and Great Plains on April 25–28, causing significant damage and loss of life and becoming the worst tornado outbreak to date for the year. During early April, a spring snowstorm brought… SEE MORE
Decoding Barometers: The Importance of Understanding Pressure Changes
By inavx.com. If you just look at a barometer once, it’s pretty much as satirist Ambrose Bierce described. The needle on the front of that old school brass barometer points to “Fair,” and when you look outside, sure enough, it’s not a bad day. When it says “Rain,” often enough,… SEE MORE
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High Tide Flooding Predictions for May 2024
By US Harbors. Coastal Flooding Outlook for May 2024 Per NOAA, mean sea level is typically higher in the late spring due to changing weather patterns and increasing water temperatures. That said, the outlook for tidal flooding this May is pretty contained, and is certainly less than we saw a… Learn More
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Status of the Stocks: Record-Low Number of Stocks on Overfishing List in 2023
By noaa.gov. Ongoing positive trends continued into last year. In a report released today, NOAA… More
The Future of Coral Restoration in the Florida Keys after Unprecedented Marine Heat Wave of 2023
By Haley Thiem. In the summer of 2023, portions of the Florida Keys experienced an extreme… More
U.S. Climate Summary for April 2024
By climate.gov. Highlights A severe weather outbreak generated more than one hundred tornadoes, including one… More
Decoding Barometers: The Importance of Understanding Pressure Changes
By inavx.com. If you just look at a barometer once, it’s pretty much as satirist… More
The Complex Dynamics of Coastal Flooding Along the US Atlantic Coast
By ecomagazine.com. Research led by Deltares, USGS, and USACE investigates the interplay between tropical and… More
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Nothing to Sneeze at: New Research Shows Pollen can Change the Weather
By noaa.gov. Experimental model explores connection between air quality and weather. More than 80 million… More
Swarms of Miniature Robots Simultaneously Clean Up Microplastics and Microbes
By ecomagazine.com. When old food packaging, discarded children's toys and other mismanaged plastic waste break… More
The Study of Fish Tagging for Coastal Fisheries Management
By Frank Sargeant. Fish tagging is a powerful tool for the study of fish in… More
NOAA Groundbreaking for Rhode Island Marine Operations Center
By nationalfisherman.com. A May 6 groundbreaking event in Rhode Island marked the start of building… More
