So what's the hottest it's been here in Columbia on the 4th of July? 102° in 1948. The coolest? 59° in 1933. And it probably doesn't surprise you, but July is getting hotter. The average temperature over the last 50…

The graph below shows the number of cases of Coronavirus per million people in a given state. It's not hard to see that we are not doing very well. Right now we are third in the whole United States with…

The Arctic (area around the north pole) is warming between 2 and 3 times faster than the rest of the planet. That's not good news. The area around the north (and south) pole acts as the planet's air conditioner. As…

This question may or may not have ever occurred to you. As a meteorologist, I've wondered about this for years. But I'm a bit of a weather geek and these sorts of questions float through my brain. Well we have…

Early in the pandemic, it was speculated that perhaps the heat and humidity of the summer would kill off the Coronavirus. Unfortunately that's not the case. It's helping some, but certainly not killing it off. See: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/summer-weather-wont-save-us-from-coronavirus/ What really impacts…

One of the big issues that needs to be solved in renewable energy (solar, wind, etc.) is storage. That is, what happens when the sun isn't shining or the wind isn't blowing? Batteries are the answer. But batteries covers a…

It is pretty common that dust from the Sahara Desert makes it all the way across the Atlantic. It happens every year. But this year, it's gotten a lot more attention than usual. An article written by @DrShepherd2013 explains the whole…

Today (Saturday June 20th) is the first day of summer. That's when the sun's rays shine the highest in the sky and we get the maximum number of hours and minutes of sunlight in the northern hemisphere. Happy Summer Solstice!

It turns out that with all the things we've launched into orbit around the earth, a lot of it is now junk just circling the earth and getting in the way. And if we don't do something about it, this…

The heat goes on... May 2020 tied May 2016 for the warmest on record. And 2020 is on pace to be the warmest year on record. This is from yaleclimateconnections.org: "Global temperature records are more likely to be set during…

“I Don’t Need to Wear a Mask.” That’s what a friend of mine said last week when we were talking about coronavirus. He went on, “My employer and my government don’t have the right to take away my freedom like…

Greentechmedia.com has summarized a study recently released from UC Berkeley and GridLab. It states that not only is it possible to get to 90% renewable energy by 2035, but it would be cheaper. The cost of electricity would be 13%…

We are adding roughly 8 million tons of plastic to the oceans each year, according to https://www.fauna-flora.org/  Our survival is inextricably tied to the health of the ocean. We have to do better. "Plastic is accumulating in the world’s oceans…

Cristobal (a Tropical Storm at the time of this article) is now over open water in the Gulf of Mexico and it'll continue travelling to the north. As it does so, it'll pick up strength. The current forecast has the…

Tropical Storm Cristobal is expected to slowly pick up strength and move out into the Gulf - eventually making landfall somewhere along the Louisiana coast on Sunday. Stay tuned for updates.