Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, began erupting at about 11:30 p.m. Sunday, November 27, the first eruption since 1984. No recent eruptions of the volcano have caused fatalities, but eruptions in 1926 and 1950 destroyed villages, and the city of Hilo is partly built on lava flows from the late 19th century. The eruption […]
The wait is finally over for skiers and snowboarders across the United States as snow has returned and a new ski season is underway, although AccuWeather forecasters warn that some popular mountains could be hurting for snow in the coming months. Many ski resorts across the country are opening for the season, thanks in part to La Niña. […]
A woman died and her husband had to be treated for hypothermia after being caught in below-freezing temperatures in Utah’s Zion National Park, park officials said. Last week, a married couple started a 16-mile trip through a park area known as the Narrows, the National Park Service (NPS) said in a press release. The hike involves trudging through […]
Not many kids would admit to wanting to be in school on a snow day, but after a hard day of snow shoveling, 9-year-old Toronto resident Carter Trozzolo was ready to head back into the classroom. While doing a piece that aired Monday night on how the city’s residents were digging out from a blizzard that […]
After taking a multitude of hits from micrometeoroids in deep space, NASA will implement a new strategy to minimize future damage to the $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope. The telescope is the most powerful ever launched into space, but its sensitive mirrors have proven vulnerable to damage from micrometeoroids as they fly past. “To ensure all […]
According to AccuWeather meteorologists, a quick-hitting storm hitting the Pacific Northwest will dish out disruptive rain and snow for Thanksgiving holiday travelers, but will have the side benefit of sweeping away the stagnant air pollution that has persisted for days. The storm is poised to end a record-breaking dry streak in Seattle during a month that is historically […]
The Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology has reported that they’ve just endured the wettest October on record since records began in 1900, as nearly double the average rainfall for the month occurred, leading to moderate to major flooding in the region during the month. The previous month of heavy rainfall, fueled by La Niña-related events in September, set […]
You may have seen the weather reports noting that western New York state was about to be deluged with a massive amount of snow – to the point that a State of Emergency was declared in anticipation of the event – due, as meteorologists stated, to the Lake Effect. So, what is Lake Effect Snow […]
NASA launched its massive Artemis I moon rocket early Wednesday, bringing the United States a step closer to landing on the lunar surface for the first time in 50 years since the end of the Apollo program. According Florida Today, NASA teams fueled the 322-foot Space Launch System rocket with liquid hydrogen and oxygen at 3:50 p.m. […]
As UPI reports, new research published in the Journal Nature shows extensive thinning of Greenland’s ice sheet and a speedup of the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream that drains glacier ice into the sea. The ice stream deterioration could raise sea levels by as much as 15.5mm (0.6 inch) – more than six times what scientists […]