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The Northern Lights, also known as the Aurora Borealis, are seen in the sky near Knaresborough, England, Friday, Oct. 11, 2024. (Andrew Hawkes via AP)

What’s behind the northern lights that dazzled the sky farther south than normal

Associated Press

South York Street on Wheeling Island is closed to traffic as the Ohio River floods its banks, Thursday, April 4, 2024, in Wheeling, W.Va., following days of heavy rains in the region. (John McCabe/The Intelligencer via AP)

Watchdog accuses Biden administration of inflating climate disaster numbers

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

This image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows dead elkhorn coral on Feb. 9, 2024, at Carysfort Reef, northeast of Key Largo, Fla. Record hot seawater killed more than three-quarters of human-cultivated coral that scientists had placed in the Florida Keys in recent years in an effort to prop up a threatened species that’s highly vulnerable to climate change, researchers discovered. (Ben Edmonds/NOAA via AP)

Hot seawater killed most of cultivated coral in Florida Keys in setback for restoration effort

Associated Press

Land-based wind turbines spin in Atlantic City, N.J. on Nov. 3, 2023. On Jan. 24, 2024, New Jersey utilities regulators approved two additional offshore wind farms, bringing the state's number to three. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

U.S. agencies set plans to protect endangered right whales during offshore wind operations

By Wayne Parry - Associated Press

FILE - A North Atlantic right whale feeds on the surface of Cape Cod bay off the coast of Plymouth, Mass., March 28, 2018. A coalition of environmental groups is calling on the federal government to enact emergency rules to protect a vanishing species of whale from lethal collisions with large ships. The groups filed their petition with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Sept. 28 in an effort to protect the North Atlantic right whale. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

Environmental groups demand emergency rules to protect rare whales from ship collisions

By Patrick Whittle - Associated Press

Land-based wind turbines in Atlantic City, N.J., turn on July 20, 2023. Two major offshore wind power projects are taking steps forward in New Jersey as the owners of one project agreed to bring the federal government in on their environmental monitoring plans at an earlier stage than has ever been done, and federal regulators said plans for another project are not expected to kill or seriously injure marine life. They come as New Jersey continues to grow as a hub of opposition to offshore wind projects from residents' groups and their political allies, mostly Republicans. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry, File)

Offshore wind energy plans advance in New Jersey amid opposition

By Wayne Parry - Associated Press

FILE - Banggai cardinalfish swim in a tank at an export warehouse in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, April 12, 2021. The federal government is looking to ban importation and exportation of the species of tropical fish that conservation groups have long said is exploited by the pet trade. (AP Photo/Alex Lindbloom, File)

U.S. looks to ban imports, exports of a tropical fish threatened by aquarium trade

By Patrick Whittle - Associated Press

A piece of wall is seen amid the wreckage of Nina Lavigna's beachfront home, after half of her house collapsed following Hurricane Nicole, Nov. 12, 2022, in Wilbur-By-The-Sea, Fla. Record hot ocean temperatures and a tardy El Nino are doubling the chances of a nasty Atlantic hurricane season this summer and fall, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

Here come the hurricanes, more than previously forecast, say weather officials

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

The sun sets behind a land-based wind farm in Atlantic City, N.J. on Feb. 10, 2022. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Tuesday, April 4, 2023, issued a report concluding that New Jersey's first planned offshore wind farm, Ocean Wind I, will likely have adverse impacts on whales and other marine animals, but will not seriously harm or kill them. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

NOAA: NJ wind farm may ‘adversely affect,’ not kill whales

By Wayne Parry - Associated Press

A police officer in Seaside Park N.J. rides a beach buggy near a dead whale on the beach on March 2, 2023. On Tuesday, March 28, Democratic U.S. senators from four states called upon the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to address a spate of whale deaths on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. The issue has rapidly become politicized, with mostly Republican lawmakers and their supporters blaming offshore wind farm preparation for the East Coast deaths despite assertions by NOAA and other federal and state agencies that the two are not related. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Dem senators from 4 states ask NOAA to address whale deaths

By Wayne Parry - Associated Press

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Headquarters stands in Silver Spring, Maryland on June 30, 2018. (File Photo credit: Mark Van Scyoc via Shutterstock)

Federal worker who ran for Congress as a Democrat gets fired

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A female resident orca whale breaches while swimming in Puget Sound near Bainbridge Island, Wash., as seen from a federally permitted research vessel on Jan. 18, 2014. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

Orca found beached in Florida, first killer whale stranding recorded in Southeast

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

This Oct. 11, 2019, photo shows cars kicking up spray while driving through a flooded street in Bay Head, N.J. Bay Head is studying options to prevent, or at least reduce, incidents of so-called “sunny day” flooding caused by tides and rising sea levels, as well as major storm-related floods. New Jersey's Department of Environmental Protection and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have proposed a massive $16 billion plan to address back bay flooding along the shore. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

High tides are flooding coastal communities even on sunny days

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Scientists prepare to analyze data aboard the Okeanos Explorer ship of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Monday, Oct. 29, 2018. Scientists will analyze coral and fish habitats as well as map geological features, exploring new sites in deep waters around Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands as part of the 22-day mission. (AP Photo/Danica Coto) **FILE**

Scientists unsure about cause of lines of holes on floor of Atlantic Ocean

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

A harbor seal pokes its head out of the water in Casco Bay, Thursday, July 30, 2020, off Portland, Maine. An usual number of seals have been getting stranded and dying off Maine this summer, and avian influenza is to blame, the federal government said Tuesday July 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

High number of seal deaths linked to bird flu, feds say

By Patrick Whittle - Associated Press

FILE - A man wades into the ocean at sunset on June 22, 2021, in Newport Beach, Calif. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Friday, June 3, 2022, that the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere in May averaged 421 parts per million, more than 50% higher than pre-industrial levels. The NOAA said carbon dioxide levels in the air in May have reached a point last known when Earth was 7 degrees hotter, millions of years ago. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Carbon dioxide levels in atmosphere shoot past key milestone

By Seth Borenstein - Associated Press

This satellite image provided by NOAA shows a view of Hurricane Ida, Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021. (NOAA via AP)

Stormy repeat: NOAA predicts busy Atlantic hurricane season

By Seth Borenstein - Associated Press

This combination of satellite images provided by the National Hurricane Center shows 30 hurricanes that occurred during the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season. According to a forecast by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released on Thursday, May 20, 2021, they expect another busy Atlantic hurricane season for 2021, but it won't be as crazy as the previous year's record-breaker. (National Hurricane Center via AP) **FILE**

Weather forecasters are predicting another busy Atlantic hurricane season

By Shen Wu Tan - The Washington Times

Feds start review of endangered Southern Resident orcas

Associated Press

In this 2020 satellite image provided by the Arizona State University's Center for Global Discovery and Conservation Science, Allen Coral Atlas, runoff from the island of Molokai in Hawaii flows into the ocean. Recent flooding in Hawaii caused widespread and obvious damage. But extreme regional rain events that are predicted to become more common with global warming do not only wreak havoc on land, the runoff from these increasingly severe storms is also threatening Hawaii's coral reefs. (Arizona State University's Center for Global Discovery and Conservation Science, Allen Coral Atlas via AP)

Global warming’s extreme rains threaten Hawaii’s coral reefs

By CALEB JONES - Associated Press