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The likelihood of an ‘above-normal’ season has increased and forecasters believe the record-warm water temperatures have led to the new outlook.

A review of the status of the vanishing North Atlantic right whale found that the animal’s population is in worse shape than previously thought, federal ocean regulators said Monday.

The world’s oceans are much warmer than normal this summer with 40% of the oceans currently experiencing a marine heat wave according to NOAA.

The hottest day ever on Earth happened on July 3, 2023. The average global temperature reached 62.62 degrees Fahrenheit.

The northern lights are expected to dip farther south into the northern portion of the US Wednesday night thanks to a large burst of plasma and magnetic field from the sun that kicked off geomagnetic storm watches.

A boater was caught on video purposely hitting groups of sea lions near Hayden Island in Portland.

Searchers have located the Ironton, a freight schooner that plunged to the bottom of Lake Huron in 1894.

Humpback whales are dying in greater numbers along the Atlantic Coast, apparently as they follow their food closer to shore in the warming ocean waters, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries says the U.S. is experiencing an uptick in whale strandings on the Atlantic, with nearly two dozen whales winding up dead on beaches since Dec. 1, 2022.

Sure, the thermometer may have hit 55 degrees in Boston Thursday, but for many of us, this week usually features the coldest day of the year! The NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information this week released an interactive map showing the day of the year with the coldest average temperature between 1991 and 2020. Knowing 30-year averages helps industries ranging…

Government science teams say that 2022 didn’t quite set a record for heat, but it was in the top five or six warmest on record depending on who’s doing the measuring.

NOAA’s announcement came a week after Maine’s congressional delegation announced plans to use the federal spending bill to attempt to delay new protections for the whales for six years.

A seal made its way into one of Cape Cod’s famous cranberry bogs this weekend, and animal rescue groups were monitoring the “unusual” situation. The gray seal was swimming in the Falmouth since at least Saturday, according to NOAA Fisheries New England/Mid-Atlantic. “While the location is unusual for a seal, the animal is free-swimming, appears alert and responsive, and...

Around this time each year, everyone starts wondering — and speculating — about how much snow we’ll see during the upcoming winter season. And for good reason — snowfall plays a huge role in people’s commutes, the region’s economy and our moods! Our NBC10 Boston First Alert weather team is still working on its official prediction for this winter’s...

NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center has released its winter weather outlook, and New England will be in the crosshairs of a warmer than average winter. The outlook examines the probability of precipitation and temperatures deviating — above or below — from a normal winter. NOAA’s outlook doesn’t look at specific cities, but instead climate groups and regions for northern New...

NOAA’s Nick Underwood details his experience flying through Hurricane Ian, calling it the worst storm he’s encountered yet. “I’ve never seen so much lightning inside of a hurricane.”

Hurricane hunter Nick Underwood, of the NOAA, spoke to NBC10 Boston Wednesday night.

At a press briefing at the National Hurricane Center Monday, NOAA and FEMA officials urged Florida residents to prepare for the impact of Hurricane Ian.

Hurricane Ian is on track to hit Florida, and storm names that start with the letter ‘I’ seem to have a lock on notoriety.

Police in Cohasset, Massachusetts closed a portion of Sandy Beach on Sunday because of a beached seal. Police say they decided to close off part of the beach after consulting with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The area of the beach that is currently off limits to the public is roped off with stakes and tape. Police say…