The smalltooth sawfish, a critically endangered animal, is in even more danger than usual in the Florida seas. Six of the rare creatures washed up dead in just seven days, officials reported last week – a dramatic increase in mortality amid a mysterious die-off that has baffled scientists for months. These animals that look like a shark with a chainsaw-like […]
SpaceX launched its second national security mission of 2024 last week with a Falcon 9 rocket lifting the U.S. Space Force mission USSF-62 into orbit. According to space.com, the mission took off from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base on April 11 at 10:25 a.m. EDT. The mission sends a Weather System Follow-on Microwave satellite, or WSF-M, to […]
A rare double-emergence of cicada broods is about to swarm the eastern United States in the coming weeks, scientists say. As AccuWeather reports, Brood 13, which emerges every 17 years, and Brood 19, which emerges every 13, will join together for the first time since 1803. To put that into perspective, that’s when the Louisiana […]
This week was chock full of weather phenomena in the skies. Over the path of totality, the solar eclipse wowed millions. And over Italy, Mount Etna, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, was showing off again. Last week, the Sicilian volcano began emitting an unprecedented amount of vapor rings from the mouth of a […]
New Jersey and New York City dwellers were abruptly shaken Friday morning by an escalating, rumbling vibration. It was the second time this year that an earthquake has struck the region, triggering panicking phone calls from Manhattan to Albany to Long Island, Montclair and Brooklyn. As NBC News reports an earthquake is usually a very foreign experience […]
Today, April 8, 2024 is the day! Today, a total solar eclipse will alter weather conditions on the Earth’s surface while the astronomical marvel unfolds in the sky. As CNN reports, changes to temperature, wind speed and humidity occur as the moon crosses in front of the sun and casts a shadow on Earth’s surface during a […]
The strongest earthquake Taiwan has experienced in a quarter century hit Wednesday during the morning commute, toppling buildings and leaving at least nine dead, dozens of others trapped and/or missing and nearly 1,000 people injured, officials there say. The magnitude 7.4 earthquake was the most powerful to hit the island in 25 years, damaging buildings, […]
The final countdown is underway until the moon’s shadow casts part of the United States into darkness for a few fleeting moments, and the deciding factor of whether or not people in the path of totality see the event may boil down to one thing: clouds. As AccuWeather reports, the eclipse takes place on Monday, […]
What could be Mother Nature’s form of a cruel April Fools’ joke for fans of warm weather will be a reality for Great Lakes and Northeast residents during the early days of the new month: February-like cold and heavy snow. As AccuWeather reports, a storm making a cross-country trek over the coming days will bring […]
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) announced on Wednesday, March 20, that the names for Hurricane Otis and Hurricane Dora will be retired this year, both Eastern Pacific tropical storms. As AccuWeather reports, the decision to retire a name is made by the WMO Tropical Cyclone Committees. A name is retired if a storm is so deadly or costly using […]