Jupiter and Saturn will cross paths (or come very, very close to it) on Monday night. That is, they will appear right on top of each other just after sunset on Monday. The last time this happened was in Galileo's…

What's being termed the "Great Conjunction" will happen on Monday night. That's when the two largest planets in our solar system, Jupiter and Saturn, will appear nearly right on top of each other in the evening sky. The last time…

This year's first big winter storm is set to bury many cities along the east coast. It'll produce significant winter weather for over a 1000 mile stretch from the mountains of North Carolina all the way to Maine. The big…

I often hear from folks that converting to renewable energy production would be too costly. Well, that's simply not true. It's cheaper. And it doesn't pollute the planet. So we really need to be doing this conversion as soon as…

The Geminid Meteor Shower will happen this weekend and it's expected to be quite a site. Jamie Carter from Forbes writes: "What makes the Geminid meteor shower 2020 so special? In the late evening of Sunday, December 13, 2020 and…

The Arctic is warming 2-3 times faster than the rest of the planet. Below are a few snippets from an article summarizing 15th annual Arctic Report Card, where scientists summarize what's going on in the Arctic. "Nearly everything in the…

Meteorological winter is different from astronomical winter and refers to December, January and February. There are many reasons for this - one being that it's easier to keep track or records by month. Just a few days ago, Canada experienced…

The European Science Agency, Copernicus, has concluded that November 2020 was the warmest November on record. An excerpt from their report is below: "Globally, November 2020 was the warmest November on record, by a clear margin. For Europe, the month…

Below are excerpts from the ABC article: "Dozens of leading U.S. companies penned a letter Wednesday urging President-elect Joe Biden and lawmakers to re-enter the nation into the Paris Climate Agreement and to enact "ambitious" solutions to tackle climate change."…

It'll still take a while for all the numbers to be tallied, but early indications are that this November was the warmest (or very close to the warmest) on record. Check out all the red. The darker the red, the…

The Atlantic Hurricane Season runs from June 1st to November 30th. So today is "officially" the end of the 2020 season. As you know, sometimes Mother Nature doesn't pay attention to specific dates - so there's always a chance more…

@cleanenergywire says the following: "Battery-electric trucks will win race against #fuelcells and e-fuels – researcher @AukeHoekstra Cost advantages simply make them best business case for freight companies, Hoekstra explains in Clean Energy Wire interview" See the full article here: https://www.cleanenergywire.org/news/battery-electric-trucks-will-win-race-against-fuel-cells-and-e-fuels-researcher

Lots of folk are asking if Greenhouse Gas pollution has gone down during the Covid lockdowns. Yes, there have been fewer folks travelling and that has meant less pollution going into the air. But think of it this way. We've…

In an about face, General Motors withdrew from a lawsuit that was initiated by the Trump administration. The lawsuit seeks to end California's right to set its own clean air standards. GM urged other automakers to pull out of the…

Check out the map below. It ranks the hottest to coldest years on record. You'll see that many cities in Florida have experienced their hottest year on record so far and records go back to the 1880's.