There will be a solar eclipse this week, but you'll have to get up early and it'll be a bit hard to see. You'll need proper equipment and we'll also need the clouds to clear. It happens this Thursday morning…

If you're confused about why the earth is warming, this is a good place to start. Dr. Robert Rohde, @RARohde, sums things up in a few tweets. It's worth your time to read. Here's the first in the series of a…

A study published in Climate Change Nature concluded that almost 40% of heat-related deaths are cause by human-caused Global Warming. Here's an excerpt from an article in Bloomberg.com: "In an analysis of almost 30 million deaths in 43 countries, with…

You may have felt some rumbling tonight in western Lexington County. Just before 7pm this evening, a 2.6 magnitude earthquake centered near Batesburg-Leesville, shook much of western Lexington County. No damage has been reported.

Here's the summary from this CNN article: "The company must slash its CO2 emissions by 45% by 2030 from 2019 levels, according to a judgment from a district court in The Hague on Wednesday. That includes emissions from its own…

Maybe. There are two storms - each of which could turn into the first tropical storm of the season in the Atlantic Basin. So you're thinking that the tropical storm or hurricane season doesn't start until June 1st. You're right.…

A new Aluminum-Ion battery technology could completely change the landscape of electric vehicles. Researchers say the new battery stores much more electricity, it recharges very fast, and the materials needed for production are readily available. If this technology turns out…

Actually, no. There is no such thing as "heat lightning." A common misconception is that heat alone can cause lightning. That's not the case. Lightning comes from thunderstorms. What many folks refer to as "heat lightning" is simply caused by…

A fish that pre-dates the dinosaurs that was thought to be extinct, was caught - very much alive. This fish dates back more than 400 million years. Some fisherman recently caught what has been called the "four-legged fossil fish" was…

As we transition from a society that burns fossil fuels for transportation, we're going to need a lot of innovation in aviation. One company that is making a splash is Eviation. Check out their luxurious electric plane. It seats 11…

Temperatures have been warming globally for decades. The map below - recently tweeted by Professor Ed Hawkins (@ed_hawkins) shows how the temperatures have changed since the middle of the 1800's. There is dramatic warming in the northern part of the…

The first major wind farm for the United States has just been approved. It will power roughly 400,000 homes and be located off the coast of Massachusetts. It's expected to create more than 3,000 jobs. You can read more about…

Brian Brettschneider  @Climatologist49 sent out this tweet. It shows how many more 90° days were measured in the 2011-2010 decade than were measured in the 2001-2010 decade. For us in Columbia, it's a double-digit increase in the number of 90°…

Yesterday around 4:00 pm some very strong winds slammed into Chapin. The National Weather Service looked into the cause and concluded that the winds were not from a tornado, but rather from a strong thunderstorm. Here's the tweet: Here's the…

In a simulated exercise, NASA wanted to see if we had the technology to stop an asteroid from hitting earth.  Here is the summary from the businessinsider.com article. Space agencies around the world took part in a NASA simulation of…

Below is a plot of the average temperatures here in Columbia since 1970. The average temperature has warmed almost 3 degrees. Climate Scientists tell us this is a direct result of human activity increasing the concentration of greenhouse gases in…