A study done by Swedish scientists shows that emissions from ships can be cut by 97.5% by switching to boats that run on foils and use batteries to power them. By using the foil technology, the boats essentially "float" above…
The James Webb Telescope is producing groundbreaking images, giving scientists a never-before look into how the Universe works. The jaw-dropping pictures and details are explained in the following article - worth your time to read. https://www.waseda.jp/top/en/news/76970
Here's an excerpt from the article in Forbes.com. Microscopic fragments of DNA were found in Ice Age sediment in northern Greenland. Using cutting-edge technology, researchers discovered the fragments are one million years older than the previous record for DNA sampled from…
Freshwater fish biodiversity has declined by 83% globally since 1970. This comes from a well-respected scientist @ed_hawkins @findingnature http://BiodiversityStripes.info
Sometimes Mother Nature doesn't know that the Hurricane Season is over - the official end date in the Atlantic is November 30th. But once in a while a tropical storm gets going in December and this year might be one…
Here's a tweet from the National Weather Service in Charleston: @NWSCharlestonSC The 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season Officially ends today. Preliminary numbers indicate 14 named storms, 8 of which became hurricanes (including 2 major hurricanes). On average, hurricane season has 14…
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A well-respected global energy analysis company has studied the cost of creating electricity in Europe. The conclusion? Over the long-run it's 10 times cheaper to install and run new solar panels than it is to continue to run existing gas-fired…
Wondering about what is average weather or what extremes we've seen is in Columbia on Thanksgiving? The National Weather Service has the answers for you. See below. And just for the record, this Thanksgiving will be dry with highs in…
So how much snow did Buffalo get from the recent lake effect snow event? A staggering amount! The stadium where the Buffalo Bills play got 7 feet 8 inches of snow! Check out the totals below. Updated lake effect snow…
You may have heard that the forecast for Buffalo, New York, is for up to 5 feet of snow between now and Sunday. That has resulted in the NFL moving the game to Detroit. And you may be wondering if…
The EPA is proposing to drastically reduce emissions of methane. Why? Methane is a potent greenhouse gas - it's 25 times more effective at trapping heat than the most abundant greenhouse gas - carbon dioxide. So limiting how much methane…
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. …
COLUMBIA SC (WOLO) - As of the National Hurricane Center's 10:00 AM Advisory, Nicole has become a Tropical Storm, after being classified as a Subtropical storm for over 24 hours. TS Nicole is traveling west at 9 miles an hour,…
@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…
Weather updates and information from ABC Columbia's John Farley.
