You probably don't need me to point out that it's been very rainy in Columbia over the past week.  Below is a tweet from the Southeast Regional Climate Center, @SERCC.  KCUB is Hamilton Owens Airport in Columbia. "Over the past…

A Zombie Fire is a wildfire that starts in the fall and survives through the winter.  It's called a Zombie because it comes back to life after appearing to be dead.  Yup.  You heard that right.  Some wildfires keep burning…

July is here and so is the heat. For most of the country, July is among the hottest months of the year—and it's only getting warmer as our climate warms.   Since 1970, July temperatures have increased by 2.1°F for the…

Tropical Storm Bonnie has formed - pretty far south, off the coast of Nicaragua.  It's expected to weaken as it crosses Central America, but pick up strength once it makes it into the Pacific.  From there it looks like it…

We all know that the earth orbits the sun.  That orbit is not a circle though.  It's an elliptical.  That means that there are specific days when the earth is closest to and farthest away from the sun.  This year,…

You probably don't need me to tell you that it's been dry lately.  The graph below shows where we stand on the Drought Index.  To be clear, we're not at a severe level.  But when the weather is hot, the…

The largest hailstone in U.S. history is a whopper!  It measured 8 inches in diameter and had an 18 ⅝ inch circumference.  It dropped from the sky in Vivian South Dakota on July 23, 2010.  It weighed nearly 2 pounds. …

Yes the planet is warming - a lot.  Look at the warming over the past 150 years.  That warming is caused buy us digging and burning fossil fuels (coal, oil, natural gas, etc.).  When we burn these fuels, heat-trapping gases…

The planet is getting warmer.  And we're no different here in Columbia.  Over the past 50 years, the average summertime high temperature has increased by about 2 degrees.  That may not sound like a lot, but just make one comparison. …

The Arctic (the area around the north pole) is warming a lot, way too much.  And that's not good news for us.  The Arctic is often referred to as "the refrigerator" of the northern hemisphere, and it's heating up a…

Heat is a killer.  In fact, heat kills more people than all the other weather threats combined (tornadoes, hurricanes, lightning, etc.).  So it's really important that you recognize the signs of people who are overheating.  Check out the chart below. …

Today's high temperature in Columbia reached 103 degrees.  That was enough to set a new record for the date.  And if you're wondering, the last time the temperature reached 100 degrees in Columbia was October 4th, 2019.

Lots of folks still believe the narrative that renewable energy (wind, solar, etc.) is more expensive than conventional ways of generating electricity (burning coal, natural gas, etc.).  That may have been true a decade ago, but it's not true anymore. …

Tesla has teamed up with a research team at a University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, to produce a battery that they say could last 100 years.  That would be a complete game-changer for electric cars, as well as many…

Scientists have discovered the largest living organism on earth.  It's estimated to be roughly 5000 years old.  It's a single plant that's growing on the bottom of the ocean off the coast of Australia.  So how big is it?  77…

The first tropical storm of the Atlantic Season is forming.  It will soon be named Alex as it moves to the northeast over Florida and out into the Atlantic Ocean.  Flooding rain will soak much of south Florida.  For us,…