It's been decades since the United States has been to the moon.  Well that's changing.  One of the first big steps in getting humans back on the moon took place last night with the NASA's launch of Orion - the…

Hurricane Nicole is about to make landfall north of Miami (Wednesday evening).  It'll then cross Florida and move fairly quickly to the north, with impacts on us here in the Midlands starting on Thursday afternoon and ending on Friday afternoon. …

@DroughtCenter keeps track of how dry things are across the United States. Here's their tweet.   The extent of #drought (D1-D4) across the Lower 48 may have contracted a little this week, but the extent of drought AND abnormally dry conditions…

This coming Tuesday, Election Day, we'll be treated to a lunar eclipse.  That's when the earth casts its shadow on the full moon.  If you want to see the eclipse, you'll need to get up before sunrise.  For us, the…

There are two active storms in the Atlantic Basin right now.  Hurricane Martin is well out to sea and will continue to move off to the northeast.  It will likely impact parts of Great Brittan, as a much weaker storm,…

A new tropical storm has formed in the Caribbean.  Lisa is well south of Cuba, has winds of 45 mph and is moving to the west at roughly 12 mph.  On this track, it's expected to make landfall in Central…

A huge offshore windfarm is being constructed off the coast of China.  It will produce more energy than all the power plants in Norway combined.   Put another way, it'll produce 21 times the amount of electricity that the Hoover Dam…

Here's a summary: The #LivingPlanetReport’s headline statistic – the #LivingPlanetIndex – shows that there has been an average 69% decline in the relative abundance of monitored wildlife populations between 1970 and 2018.  It contains 420k data points from 195 countries…

A new tropical storm has developed today in the southern Gulf of Mexico - in the Bay of Campeche.  The storm doesn't have very strong winds, but that doesn't mean it won't create problems.  The storm is expected to meander…

Have you ever wanted to check out where any storm on record has gone and how intense it was over its path?  You're in luck.  NOAA has put together a terrific page that gives you all the details on 6000…

Guggenheim Partners (a large financial services company that focuses on investment banking, asset management, capital markets services, and insurance services, with over $300 billion in assets under management) has concluded that creating electricity from solar power is now a lot…

A carefully planned community in Florida that gets 100% of its energy from solar panels that are in the community, not only survived the impact of Hurricane Ian, but you could say, they thrived under the circumstances.  They never lost…

Hurricane Ian made landfall on Wednesday afternoon as a Category 4 Hurricane.  It's now plowing through Florida and will emerge into the Atlantic near Jacksonville, where it will be considerably weaker.  From there, it'll take a turn to the north…

Hurricane Ian is expected to make landfall along the Gulf Coast of Florida on Thursday.  With the storm moving slowly and with its expected proximity to Tampa Bay, this is close to a worst-case scenario for Tampa Bay.  As for…