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Fisherman Frees Hooked Great White at Hermosa Beach as Shark Sightings Climb

Experts link a likely summer spike in near-shore juveniles to unusually warm water from a strengthening El Niño.

Preseason Forecast Points to Fewer Atlantic Storms, Not Less Danger

Forecasts Lift Odds of El Niño by Mid-2026 as Peru Maintains Coastal Niño Alert

Senamhi Warns of New Heat Wave for Lima and Peru’s Coast Through March 8

2025 Confirmed as Third-Warmest Year as 3-Year Global Average Hits 1.5°C Benchmark

Copernicus Confirms First Three-Year Stretch Above 1.5°C as 2025 Ranks Third-Hottest

2025 Ranked Third-Warmest on Record as 2023–2025 Becomes First Triennium Above 1.5°C

Weak La Niña Confirmed as Fifth in Six Years

Copernicus: 2025 on Track to Finish as Second or Third Warmest Year on Record

Jerry Marches North as Hurricane Center Eyes New Atlantic Wave

NOAA Confirms Late, Weak La Niña as North Pacific Heatwave Complicates Winter Outlook

Guardamar Closes Beaches Again as Venomous ‘Blue Dragons’ Reappear

Great White Shark Presence Expands North as Summer Sightings Surge in New England and Atlantic Canada

Hurricane Erin Downgraded to Category 2 as North Carolina Orders Barrier-Island Evacuations

NSW Councils Phase Out Shark Nets as Bull Sharks Linger Longer Off Sydney Coast

North and Baltic Seas Hit Record Spring Temperatures

Marine Heatwaves Shatter Records in North Atlantic and South-West Pacific

Atlantic Hurricane Season Kicks Off as NHC Monitors Offshore Low

Pod of Humpback Whales Halts Sydney Ferries in Peak Migration Surge

NOAA Predicts Above-Average 2025 Atlantic Hurricane Season as Weather Agencies Face Cuts