The eruption from Hawaii’s Mount Kilauea has seen lava oozing from the volcano in stunning, frightening pictures, but it’s also brought about quite the oddity: Falling glass.
It’s called Pele’s hair, and they’re light strands of volcanic glass that h…
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Subtropical storm Alberto whips up mini waterspout in a swimming pool
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‘Alberto’ just became the first named storm of the 2018 hurricane season
The National Hurricane Center has named the first storm of the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season, precisely one week before the season is expected to begin on June 1.
Currently spinning off of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, forecasters named the subtropica…
Lightning strikes from space look exactly as cool as you think they would
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We ranked cloud types so you don’t have to
To many, clouds are merely part of the backdrop in a typical day. We take notice when the sky is devoid of clouds, or full of dark, menacing onesBut to the trained eye, all clouds betray a wealth of information about how the atmosphere is behaving, an…
View More We ranked cloud types so you don’t have toHawaii volcano eruption brings the state’s worst earthquake in decades
Right on the heels of Thursday’s volcano eruption in Hawaii, a pair of earthquakes struck the state as residents contended with ongoing evacuations and noxious gas in the air.
The first, a 5.4-magnitude quake according to the United States Geological…
Earth just soared past yet another climate change milestone
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The Earth’s atmosphere is more saturated with greenhouse gases now than at any other time in human history. For the first time on record, the average amount of carbon dioxide — the main long-lived gas responsible for global warming — in the air passed 410 parts per million (ppm) for an entire month.
Data collected at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii had already shown carbon dioxide readings that temporarily exceeded that threshold for a time in 2017 but not for a whole month. The new data collected for the month of April and released on May 2, underscore how quickly carbon dioxide levels continue to rise despite global attempts to reduce emissions. Read more…
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Bad tornadoes are in the forecast for several states in the midwest
Spring tornadoes may or may not be your worst enemy. In the midwest, severe weather is expected sooner than you think due to a unusually cold April.
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The hottest April temperature ever recorded may have been set this week
It’s happened again. After setting a national record for the hottest temperature during the month of March, the temperature in Nawabshah, in the Sindh Province of Pakistan, hit 50.2 degrees Celsius, or 122.4 degrees Fahrenheit, on April 30.
If …
Millions pledged to save the Great Barrier Reef, but scientists say it won’t solve the problem
Following bad news after bad news for the Great Barrier Reef, the Australian government has pledged a large sum of money for its preservation.
More than A$500 million (US$379 million) has been been promised in a funding package to protect and restore…
Epic deluge in Kauai may have broken all-time U.S. rainfall record, with 4 feet in 24 hours
A devastating flash flood event in mid-April caused widespread damage on the lush Hawaiian island of Kauai. Now comes word that during the 24-hour period between April 14 and 15, a staggering 49.69 inches of rain fell at a rain gauge about 1 mile wes…
View More Epic deluge in Kauai may have broken all-time U.S. rainfall record, with 4 feet in 24 hoursCalifornia faces steep increase in ‘precipitation whiplash,’ threatening infrastructure
From late 1861 through early 1862, a megaflood of historic proportions put large parts of the state of California underwater. The state’s Central Valley, which is now one of the most productive agricultural ares in the country, became a vast inland l…
View More California faces steep increase in ‘precipitation whiplash,’ threatening infrastructure