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Fact vs. fiction: 3 things you thought you knew about jellyfish

August 30, 2018

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This medusa belongs to the genus Cyanea, a jellyfish well-known to bloom and occur in large numbers in surface waters.

NOAA’s Hurricane Hunters pursue Hurricane Lane

August 22, 2018

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Lt. Cmdr. John Rossi at the controls of NOAA's WP-3D Hurricane Hunter aircraft during a flight into Hurricane Lane on August 20, 2018.

Stern of World War II U.S. destroyer discovered off remote Alaskan island by NOAA-supported scientists

August 15, 2018

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On July 17, a NOAA-funded team of Project Recover scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego and the University of Delaware discovered the missing 75- foot stern section of the destroyer USS Abner Read in 290 feet of water off of Kiska, Alaska. The stern sank Aug 18, 1943, at the height of World War II after being blown off by a Japanese mine. Pictured, research vessel Norseman II in transit through the Aleutian Islands, a chain of volcanic islands that extend 1,200 miles westward from the Alaska Peninsula.

Story map: Play it safe

August 14, 2018

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Play it safe story map opening. Two boys playing at the beach.

Video: In FLASH, forecasters now have richer data to predict fast-moving floods

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Floods are one of the most common U.S. natural disasters. A new NOAA award to the non-profit Nurture Nature Center in Easton, Pennsylvania will fund research to develop strategies to improve online flood forecasting tools and to better motivate residents to prepare for floods and respond to flood warnings.

August 2018 was 5th hottest August on record for the globe

Polar sea ice coverage remains at near-record lows

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