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Last year Lewes saw 8 days of sunny-day or high-tide flooding—twice the annual average two decades ago. That number is expected to keep going up. The…
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Government agencies and commercial operations will get access to better data about the currents in the Delaware Bay—thanks to a new radar installed on…
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Delaware is expected to have a hotter and wetter summer than normal. The projection comes on the tail of a warmer-than-average spring. This spring was…
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Every ten years, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) puts out new climate “normals.” The ones released Tuesday reinforce that…
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Coastal wetlands are considered key to mitigating climate change, because their plants absorb carbon from the atmosphere and store it in soil even faster than forests do. But Delaware Public Media's Sophia Schmidt reports that research at a salt marsh near Dover raises questions about how much of a carbon “sink” tidal wetlands really are, and if that’s changing as the climate warms.
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A new outlook from federal oceanographic scientists reaffirms projections that coastal towns in Delaware will see more sunny-day flooding in the…
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A federal grant will help two University of Delaware researchers look at the impact of microplastics on blue crabs.The researchers will use the $327,000…
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The U.S. tied its 2015 record for the median number of days of high-tide flooding in coastal communities last year, according to a report released by the…
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) spring flood outlook shows extensive flooding is expected to continue in the middle of the…
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The 2018 Atlantic hurricane season starts Friday, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) says there’s a 75% chance this season…