Warm summer nights are numbered across North America with the start of autumn right around the corner, but there will be several notable night sky events for stargazers to enjoy before the arrival of meteorological fall on September 1. Shortly before the midpoint of August, the dog days of summer will conclude. From July 3 through August 11, […]
An Atlantic hurricane season, which spans June 1 through November 30, brings a historical average of 14 named tropical systems. According to AccuWeather experts, to date, there have been five named systems, including Hurricane Don for the 2023 Atlantic season plus one unnamed subtropical storm that developed in January over the North Atlantic. Don spent much of its life […]
The record-breaking heat wave scorching Arizona is also scorching the state’s famous saguaro cacti. This comes as temperatures have soared above 110 degrees Fahrenheit for 28 days straight. It’s so hot out, not even the cactuses are surviving. “Everyone looks at cactus and say, ‘Oh, these are desert plants, so they should be just fine.’ […]
Despite a midsummer lull over the Atlantic basin, AccuWeather meteorologists are monitoring a couple of tropical disturbances that could develop in the coming days. Either system could strengthen into the fifth named tropical system of the 2023 hurricane season. A series of tropical disturbances, often referred to as tropical waves, continues to move westward off the coast of […]
Every year, 2 meteor showers – the famous Perseids and the lesser known Delta Aquariids – converge in late summer. Both have already started. The Delta Aquariids always peak in late July, but – in the week beginning July 24 – the moon sets between midnight and dawn, leaving some moon-free hours before dawn for watching for […]
AccuWeather meteorologists say that the active streak of tropical activity in the Atlantic Ocean could continue, with another system possible before the end of the month. With four named tropical systems already this season, 2023 is looking to begin at a faster-than-normal pace. On average, the fourth named tropical storm of the season usually occurs around […]
In Iceland, the world’s newest “baby” volcano is throwing a temper tantrum: It’s overflowing and spewing “spatter bombs,” or blobs of molten lava, into the surrounding crater. As LiveScience reports, the volcano formed on July 10, when an underground eruption opened a 1.7-mile-long (2.7 kilometers) fissure in the ground of Iceland’s Reykjanes peninsula, southwest of the capital, […]
It’s not just a record-hot day or two, unprecedented heat waves or abnormally warm ocean waters: All indications are that this will be the hottest single month on Earth on record, and possibly in more than 100,000 years. As the Washington Post reports, every day this month has set records for average global annual temperatures, […]
It’s hot out there, and not just on land. Temperatures are skyrocketing both on land and at sea, with climate experts ringing alarm bells about unprecedented sea surface temperatures in the North Atlantic. Yes, it’s July, and it’s normal for ocean waters to be a little warmer, but experts say, the extended extremely high ocean temperatures (“like […]
Climate feedback loops are cyclical chain reactions that happen when one change triggers further changes, in a process that keeps on repeating itself. Some of these feedback loops drive down warming, but others amplify it. As CNN reports, according to a new study, these dangerous climate feedback loops are increasing global warming and risk causing a permanent […]