AccuWeather meteorologists continue to warn about a surge of tropical activity and direct threats to the southeastern United States as the heart of the hurricane season looms, despite a long gap in tropical development over the Atlantic this summer. Atlantic tropical activity this year has been slower than in recent seasons and there has not been […]
For the third time since May, human skeletal remains have been found at Lake Mead, officials reported last week. It’s yet another grim discovery as the drought gripping the Western United States has helped push the country’s largest reservoir to new historic lows. National Park Service rangers responded to a report around 8 p.m. on […]
At the start of every year, stargazers flip through their calendars and mark down the dates of big astronomy events ranging from eclipses to planetary alignments. Did you know that this month, Moon and Mars will “hook up” just before sunrise? Before daybreak on Friday, August 19, our earthly Moon will meet up with the […]
As The Associated Press (AP) reports, for the second year in a row, Arizona and Nevada will face cuts in the amount of water they can draw from the Colorado River as the West endures more drought, federal officials announced Tuesday. Though the cuts will not result in any immediate new restrictions — like banning […]
California has set a hugely ambitious goal to build up its offshore wind industry. The Golden State is aiming to reach 25,000 megawatts of offshore wind capacity by 2045, about as much as all of Europe has today. The target, set by the California Energy Commission last week, is the biggest commitment any state has […]
New Finnish-Norwegian research published on August 11 reveals that Arctic global warming is happening nearly four times as fast as the entire globe. It’s a phenomenon known as “Arctic amplification.” “We show that during 1979-2021, the Arctic has warmed nearly four times faster than the globe, and provide evidence that climate models struggle to simulate […]
Throughout the first half of 2022, people wanting to get a glimpse of a planet in the night sky have had to wake up before the crack of dawn as every planet visible to the naked eye — Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn — have been early-morning objects. However, by mid-August, Saturn will make […]
At the start of every year, stargazers flip through their calendars and mark down the dates of big astronomy events ranging from eclipses to planetary alignments. The annual Perseids meteor shower is wildly popular and usually one of these can’t-miss events. This year the shower will peak between August 11-12, according to the American Meteor […]
As AccuWeather reports, heavy thunderstorms on Friday dumped nearly a year’s worth of rain over the Death Valley National Park in just three hours, resulting in flash flooding that damaged dozens of vehicles, closed roads throughout the park and trapped roughly 1,000 visitors and staff, officials said. “Rain this weekend was a historic event,” the […]
The final supermoon of 2022 will rise just as the dog days of summer come to a close, but it could have a negative effect on a separate hotly anticipated astronomical event. The conclusion of the dog days of summer will kick off a flurry of astronomical events in the night sky, including two highly-anticipated […]