Warm Waters News Today

Scientists assert that more funding is needed to research the impacts of offshore wind impacts. Scientists question whether right whales and offshore wind can safely coexist, as the critically endangered animal share the same waters.

The 20 storms this year, which includes an unnamed subtropical storm that formed in mid-January, ties 1933 for the 4th highest on record.

The 2023 Atlantic hurricane season officially comes to a close in just two weeks, but tropical development isn’t over yet. A tropical depression or a tropical storm may form by the early weekend in the Caribbean Sea – the area forecasters marked as the zone to watch in November.

Hurtigruten Expeditions (HX) has unveiled its 2025-2026 season, doubling down on growth with the introduction of new ports and itineraries.

Researchers have discovered coral bleaching hundreds of feet underwater, at a depth where corals were once well insulated from surface warming.

Recent reports showed that the corals in Florida struggled to survive due to warm and rising temperatures. The decline of corals can significantly impact the marine ecosystem in the region. Read here.

Coral reefs are sensitive to temperature changes, especially warming events. In the research expedition, it showed the alarming coral bleaching in Florida waters. Read here to learn about corals.

Researchers discovered that salmon emerged in Arctic rivers, which could be likely due to the impacts of climate change. Climate change can affect the habitats of aquatic species. Read here.

Hurricane Idalia cooled waters in parts of the Gulf of Mexico by roughly 1 degree Celsius, but experts say this reprieve from the ongoing marine heat wave is already starting to wane. Sea surface temperatures fell in the eastern gulf in the wake of Idalia, and in the western north Atlantic after Hurricane Franklin. Hurricanes cool oceans by “upwelling” cold water from below the sea surface. ...

A flesh-eating bacterium has come for East Coast beaches—and it can kill you in two days. The CDC has officially issued an emergency health alert.