Western Washington braces for cooler temps, mixed precipitation in late January
With fires burning in southern California and no rain in sight for the fire zone, forecasters are keeping a close eye on just how much rain we are getting here
NOAA says La Nina ocean cooling has finally arrived, but it's weak and may cause fewer problems
Its delayed arrival may have been influenced by the world's oceans being much warmer the last few years, said Michelle L'Heureux, head of NOAA's El Nino team ... The Hearst Foundations has awarded Washington State University with a $150,000 grant.
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Will spring come early? NOAA releases weather predictions for every state
A La Niña winter just started, but it isn't expected to last long. National forecasters are already looking ahead to the spring season.
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Will spring come early to Massachusetts? NOAA releases weather predictions
A La Niña winter just started, but it isn't expected to last long. National forecasters are already looking ahead to the spring season.
Mother orca still pushing body of dead calf off Vancouver Island, 10 days after death
A mother killer whale whose calf died more than two weeks ago has recently been spotted still carrying the newborn's carcass in waters off Victoria.
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'She has lost someone dear': Professor hopes orca's 'grief swim' spurs ethics rethink
As the female orca known as Tahlequah once again carries the body of a dead calf through waters near Vancouver Island, for the second time in seven years, researcher Barbara J. King says there's no mistaking the nature of the phenomenon.
Mother Orca Still Carrying Dead Calf After 11 Days — Over 6 Years After Her First 'Tour of Grief' with Different Baby
Mother orca Tahlequah has been carrying her dead calf, a daughter, for at least 11 days, according to local news outlets. Tahlequah first made headlines in 2018 after taking a different dead calf on a 'tour of grief,
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Young salmon may face hungry new competition from juvenile sablefish along northwest coast
There is a new mouth to feed in the coastal waters of the Northwest where juvenile salmon first enter the ocean, and it’s a hungry one. Over the last two decades large numbers of juvenile sablefish have spread into coastal waters from central Oregon north to northern Washington.
Storm Blair live: Deadly winter conditions cause hundreds of crashes as 63 million hit by snow and ice
Virginia State Police reported at least 135 crashes as the storm entered the state Sunday. A handful of injuries were reported. Seven US states have declared whole or partial states of emergency as a wintry blast of snow, ice and wind is expected to roil the region with the heaviest snowfall and lowest temperatures in over a decade.
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Millions face snow and ice as a major winter storm moves across the U.S.
A major winter storm is bringing ice, snow and freezing rain from the Plains to the East Coast through Tuesday.
A polar vortex will bring brutally cold temperatures and an arctic blast to much of the U.S. next week
Snow and winds are likely to trigger flight cancellations and cause headaches for people traveling to DC for Inauguration Day.
Rutgers gymnastics coach, former AD Pat Hobbs 'relationship' violated policy
Rutgers athletics director Patrick Hobbs quit his $1.1 million job last Aug. 16 - "2 days after he was informed" of an investigation