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Hurricane Laura in the Record Books

According to yaleclimateconnections.com, Hurricane Laura is tied for the 5th strongest hurricane to make landfall on US soil. Strength, in this case, is measured only by wind speed and not storm surge or size of hurricane or amount of rainfall.…

Two Tropical Storms Headed for the Gulf

Two tropical storms will threaten the US Gulf Coast next week. They could make landfall within a day of each other. This is very unusual and hurricane experts say that the last time this happened was 1933. The storm on…

Two Tropical Storms Threaten The Gulf Coast

Two developing storms will threaten the Gulf Coast early next week. If all comes together, both storms could make landfall as hurricanes early next week. According to a hurricane expert, @philklotzbach, this has only happened two times before since the mid…

New Tropical Depression

Tropical Depression 13 has formed. It's still an depression because it's not yet organized enough to be a tropical storm.  It's expected to become a tropical storm shortly and move quickly to the west, arriving somewhere near off the coast…

The Planet is Warming Drastically

You've heard the expression, "a picture paints a thousand words." Check out the picture below. It shows the temperature of the planet for the last 12,000 years. Notice the large spike up on the far right side of the graph.…

Likely the Hottest Temperature Ever Recorded on Earth

On Sunday, Death Valley California recorded a temperature of 130 degrees. This is likely the hottest temperature ever recorded on the planet. Yes, there have been other temperatures that have come in slightly hotter, but most experts dispute the validity…

Two Tropical Storms

There are 2 tropical storms in the Atlantic right now, but neither poses any threat to the United States. The only impact from Tropical Storm Kyle will be high surf along Long Island and southern New England. Josephine will likely…

Tropical Update

Tropical Depression 11 is still about 2500 miles away from the southeast coast of the United States. It's expected to get itself better organized over the next few days and become a tropical storm. But at this point it's very…

Canadian Ice Shelf Collapses

Near the far northern tip of Canada, there's a lot of ice. But that ice is melting because of Global Warming. NASA has confirmed that the Milne Ice Shelf has collapsed - shrinking by about 40% in just 2 days…

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