If were out observing the full Moon last night, you’ll have seen the planet Mars visible in the sky right next to it. On 13 January 2025, the Wolf Moon was rising higher and higher in the night sky, accompanied by the Red Planet. And ss BBC Sky at Night reports, if you were based […]
It’s official: according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and confirmed by NASA, 2024 was the hottest year on record. That’s the hottest ever in the history of the world, folks. But as Reuters reports, it goes beyond that. Global temperatures in 2024 exceeded 1.5 Celsius above the pre-industrial era for the first […]
The year 2024 will go down in history as the second-worst tornado season on record, beating 2011, NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center’s said Friday. After a late December tornado outbreak with at least 88 twisters, 1,735 tornadoes have been confirmed so far in the United States from 1,880 preliminary reports during the year. As AccuWeather reports, that […]
California Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency on Tuesday as “unprecedented” wildfires consumed multiple communities in Southern California due to hurricane force winds. As Reuters reports, numerous buildings were destroyed and nearly 3,000 acres (1,200 hectares) burned in Pacific Palisades, which lies between the beach towns of Santa Monica and Malibu, officials said. […]
Summer is often known for at least one strong storm that wreaks havoc on the coastal regions of the U.S., as seen with Hurricanes Milton and Helene in 2024. But with so much of the midwest and east coast under the effects of Winter Storm Blair, some may wonder how (or why) this storm got its name. Contrary to tropical storms […]
More than 60 million Americans were under winter weather and storm advisories Sunday as a swath of the Midwest and East, already gripped by bitterly cold temperatures, braced for a historic storm after more than 2 feet of snow already fell in some areas since Friday. “Over a dozen states are forecast to be impacted by one […]
Scientific research has found that a marine heat wave has killed approximately half of Alaska’s common murre population, marking the largest recorded die-off of a single species in modern history. As CNN Weather reports, the catastrophic loss points to broader changes in marine environments driven by warming ocean temperatures, which are rapidly and severely restructuring ecosystems […]
This year has been marked by extraordinary weather events across the United States, from devastating hurricanes to record-breaking heatwaves and severe wildfires. Here is Forbes’ list of some of the top weather events and the factors that made them significant. 2024 Hurricane Season After a quiet start to the hurricane season, Hurricane Helene emerged as one of […]
Stargazers had high hopes for 2024, in part due to the long-awaited total solar eclipse across the United States in April, but the cosmos had a few surprises in store. About one month after the eclipse, a different astronomical wonder stole the spotlight, filling the sky with awe-inspiring colors that haven’t been seen in parts […]
Just about every small town and major city has some sort of New Year’s Eve celebration, whether it is an officially scheduled event or just a friends and family gathering to ring in 2025. This year’s New Year’s forecast looks to be a good news/bad news situation. The good news is that the weather will […]