One of the primary factors driving an increase in tick-borne diseases is climate change. Warming temperatures create more hospitable conditions for ticks and their animal hosts, thus creating more opportunities for ticks to spread diseases. In fact, the EPA uses Lyme disease as an indicator of climate change, highlighting the interconnection of human activity, the […]
Unusual dryness has affected large portions of Europe so far this year, and a new report that analyzed the ongoing drought situation across the continent has revealed concerning signs in some of the region’s vital river basins as the summer months quickly approach. The report by the Global Drought Observatory (GDO) of the Copernicus Emergency Management […]
The recently-ranked largest fire in New Mexico history was found Friday to have been caused by a prescribed burn that had concluded in January before reigniting in April following at least three winter weather events. Forest Service investigators determined that the Calf Canyon Fire, which has charred over 312,000 acres in the Pecos/Las Vegas Ranger […]
AccuWeather meteorologists report that there is a chance for a new tropical storm south of Mexico to redevelop over the southwestern Gulf of Mexico during the opening days of the Atlantic hurricane season. Forecasters expect Tropical Storm Agatha, which formed in the East Pacific early Saturday morning, to move inland over Mexico with torrential rain […]
Summer is fast approaching and many people across Europe could be facing another summer that rivals the record-setting heat experienced in 2021, but the warm weather is only part of the story of the weather pattern across the continent in the coming months. AccuWeather’s team of long-range forecasters has been analyzing the weather patterns around […]
Accuweather recently shared video of a dust devil spinning up a neighborhood baseball field in Florence, Alabama. According to reports, it was a mostly sunny day in mid May, and a youth baseball league was outside practicing when a tornado-like whirlwind seemed to appear out of nowhere, sweeping across the infield as if it was […]
Better wind forecasting can save American consumers millions of dollars a year on their collective utility bills, according to a new study by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Wind energy costs have already plummeted thanks to more efficient turbines, but there’s still a major hurdle to overcome when it comes to renewable energy: intermittency. Unlike coal and […]
It appears that the Southwest’s crippling drought has a morbid side effect: bodies long gone into the depths of what was once a deep Lake Mead are being revealed as the lake levels drop to historic lows. More human remains were found at Lake Mead less than a week after a body in a barrel was […]
With eyes on the massive Calf Canyon / Hermits Peak Fire raging through New Mexico, and extreme heat and more strong winds on the way, the term “fire whirl” has come into play. When high winds and fire heat meet, it can be a destructive and deadly combination in the forest. Extreme heat and turbulence […]
The Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak Fire has become the largest fire in New Mexico history, burning 298,060 acres, officials said. The blaze, burning east of Santa Fe, is 27% contained with 2,015 personnel working to contain the fire, officials said Monday on a Facebook page providing updates on the effort to quell it. As CNN reports, […]