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Authorities close snow crab season for first time as numbers of the prized seafood crash from 11bn to 2bn in four years

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Sitting 280 feet below water on the floor of the Pacific Ocean just 26 miles from the Golden Gate Bridge, a credit-card-sized underwater microphone represents the latest attempt to keep Earth’s largest mammals safe from human-caused destruction.

The cost and frequency of extreme weather and climate disasters have increased in recent years.

Jon Reynolds, a Florida Keys charter boat fishing captain, opened up a plastic trash bag Thursday night during a meeting with federal regulators and pulled out a huge ball of thick monofilament line that’s used to target en masse mahi mahi, also commonly known as dolphinfish.

An assessment released on Friday shows the population is down 38% from its peak in 2015 and 2016

ORLANDO, Fla. — While many questions still linger, Florida has learned a lot about itself, the National Hurricane Center and the future of forecasting in the 10 days since Hurricane Ian ravaged the state.

Many of the roughly 600 whales found washed up dead on beaches from 2019 to this year appeared malnourished.

Hurricane Ian confounded one key computer forecast model, creating challenges for forecasters and Florida residents

Some say NOAA's new plan to tackle a coral disease in the Caribbean might not come fast enough.