Let's make a splash! 🌊 Join us for our 13th #UnderwaterCleanup to protect our #reefs and remove #MarineLitter

💙 Turquoise waters, colourful #reefs, #dolphins, and #whales... The #Mediterranean is a treasure. But how much longer can we enjoy its splendours? And more importantly, how can we save it? Tomorrow on TV5MONDE Asie and Pacifique ▶️ bit.ly/4lI3_TV5MONDEa… #Documentary

Around Town: Joetta’s 24-Hour International Sports Bar & Grill in Crescent Cove is celebrating its 73-year anniversary this month with specials including 24/7 Happy Hour, free peanuts and popcorn, and giveaways. Come early. come often.

College football today at Joetta's. Fifty screens. Fifty! Fifty beers on tap, fifty choices of tapas, and fifty bucks says the Ducks win.

Last night's moon at Crescent Cove. Photo by Blake Johns. #Moon

Morning.

Maldives

Something weird is going on with global SSTs.

🚨 Severe flooding in parts of Tokyo, Japan today including Kanagawa and Chiba Prefectures. Railway stations were flooded and take-offs were suspended from Tokyo International Airport.

Japan sets record of nearly 100,000 people aged over 100 bbc.in/4n1ag9H

In the #Philippines, a New Protected Seascape Safeguards ‘Super #Reefs’ | By Teresa Tomassoni for @InsideClimate The move to conserve #climate resilient #corals is part of a growing international movement to help #ecosystems survive a warming ocean. insideclimatenews.org/news/17092025/…

30 hour timelapse of the strongest storm on the planet, Category 5 Super Typhoon Ragasa in the Western Pacific. The storm is packing 165 mph winds with catastrophic wind gusts up to 200 mph.

Breaking: Government shutdown looms as House Speaker fails to deliver spending bill to President. "Hey, the surf was up," a spokeswoman at the Speaker's office commented. We put in repeated call to the Presidential Palace, but got no answer. Stay tuned!

The Baugu Baugu Government Oversight Office warns the looming government shutdown would close all federal offices and schools, in effect a snow day, a free holiday, and that if government ministers realized this, they would shutter operations immediately.

The #oceans are warming much faster than previously thought. nationalgeographic.com/environment/gr…

From near extinction to a symbol of resilience — Europe’s #BluefinTuna is back. Strict quotas and science-driven action turned crisis into recovery. Can this success story last? 🌊 #Sustainability #Oceans fr.euronews.com/green/2025/09/…

A new video shows a massive eruption at Taal Volcano in Batangas, Luzon, Philippines, around 8 a.m. this morning, with an ash plume rising more than 2,400 meters high.