2023 Atlantic hurricane outlook worsens as ocean temperatures hit record highs, forecasters say | Countries must unite to stave off the threat of a deep-sea resource grab | Russia launches its first lunar lander since 1976 | CNN

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Don't like ads? Go ad-free with TradeBriefs Premium 2023 Atlantic hurricane outlook worsens as ocean temperatures hit record highs, forecasters say -     Forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have updated their predictions for the Atlantic hurricane season, announcing on Wednesday that at least 14 and as many as 21 named storms could materialize before the year is up. At least six and as many as 11 of those storms may become hurricanes, the agency said. The Atlantic hurricane season occurs annually, beginning each year on June 1 and ending on Nov. 30. Climate officials released their initial hurricane outlook just before this season began, and suggested at the time that it would be "near normal," bringing somewhere between 12 and 17 named storms and five to nine hurricanes.  An updated outlook released this week by NOAA has amended that original forecast to predict an "above normal" hurricane season, owing to the shift earlier this year from La Niña to El Niño as well as record-high sea surface temperatures in parts of the Atlantic Ocean this summer. Warmer ocean temperatures came as massive heat waves on land touched vast sections of the world, from the United States to Europe and beyond, fueling concerns about the effects of climate change on contemporary weather patterns while setting their own records, too. Continued here You Might Like � � � � � � � � � Countries must unite to stave off the threat of a deep-sea resource grab - FT    The demand for minerals needed for a green technological revolution raises the spectre of a wild west-style frenzy of deep-sea resource extraction and accelerated environmental decay. Under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (Unclos) agreed in 1982, mining in the deep sea outside special "exclusive economic zones" has been restricted. But there was a catch. A provision of Unclos stated that if a country party to the convention, and collaborating with a mining corporation, applied to start deep sea mining, the International Seabed Authority (ISA), which was set up in 1994, had two years to finalise regulations or mining could commence. In June 2021, Nauru and The Metals Company applied. So, in July 2023, absent an agreement on regulations, applications could start. Continued here Russia launches its first lunar lander since 1976 | CNN - CNN    Russia has successfully launched Luna 25, the country's first lunar lander in 47 years. The uncrewed spacecraft lifted off from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Amur Oblast, Russia. Hitching a ride aboard a Soyuz-2 Fregat rocket, Luna 25 took flight at 8:10 a.m. local time Friday, or 7:10 p.m. ET Thursday. Residents of a Russian village were temporarily evacuated Friday morning since there is a "one in a million chance" that one of Luna 25's rocket stages could fall there, according to Reuters. Continued here

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