We got a good whack from today's storm, with many spots having rain totals (Thursday-Friday) of nearly 4 inches - based on Doppler Radar estimates. As we often say, things could have been quite a bit worse. Tornadoes touched down…

A line of very strong storms will blow through on Thursday afternoon-evening. These storms will be capable of producing damaging winds, locally flooding rain, and potentially tornadoes as well. Several school districts have cancelled after-school activities for Thursday afternoon. I…

An electric passenger plane that will travel short distances - less than 2 hours, is being developed. The existing plan has the plane carrying 186 passengers. One significant upside to this plane is that it will be a lot quitter…

The graph below shows how much warming has happened in each NFL city since the first Superbowl back in 1967.  What you'll notice is that temperatures have warmed everywhere - with the most staggering jump in Phoenix at more than…

Below is a close up photo of a small portion of the sun. It was taken by the world's largest solar telescope. The Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST) — the highest-resolution image of our star to date — last month.…

The world's oceans are becoming more acidic and that's bad news for crabs. The cause? Higher concentrations of carbon dioxide in the air, which in turn gets absorbed by the oceans. That makes the water more acidic. By burning fossil…

Here's a picture of the last 100 years of electricity in the UK. Lot's of folks say that there's no way to phase out things like coal and gas, but look again. Just 7 years ago, coal burning produced roughly…

In the coming months, Scotland will generate all of its electricity by using renewable sources (wind, solar, etc.). The only remaining power plant that is not renewable is a natural gas powered plant that will soon be replaced. This is…

Professor Mark Jacobson from Stanford University reports that electricity generation came from more than 50% renewable sources (wind, solar, etc.) in 9 states and D.C. in October 2019. The list of what percentage of electricity was generated using renewable sources…

Yes it's been cold over the past few days. But a few hot or cold days (or hot or cold months) where I live tells nothing about the trends over the past 100 years. Simply put, the earth is warming…

Tonight we're seeing a few flurries in the Lowcountry. It's nothing that's going to accumulate because the air is just too dry to support any significant snow. But the radar shows light snow (blue) on either side of Charleston and…

You may come across a lot of PR-type statements from Oil companies like, "Here's how to reduce your Carbon Footprint," or "We're planning for a Green Future." But the following image really tells the story. In 2019 the capital investment…

The Washington Post summarizes the hottest decade on record as follows: "The past decade was the hottest ever recorded on the planet, driven by an acceleration of temperature increases in the past five years, according to data released Wednesday. The…

Have you ever wondered how much money the United States spends to subsidize fossil fuel (gas, oil, coal, etc.)? According to a study done by the World Monetary Fund, it's a staggering $650 billion annually! Imagine if that amount of…

On Saturday evening a strong tornado ripped through North Central High School in Kershaw County. The school is located about 12 miles north northeast of Camden. The tornado was a strong EF-2 with winds of 130 mph.  The  tornado was…

To give you an idea of how much has already burned in Australia, check out this picture. The fires have consumed 15 times more area than the California wild fires in 2018. And if you're wondering if Global Warming is…