You may have seen pictures like this before and it certainly looks bad for the Alligator. But what may surprise you is that this alligator is fine. He's just snorkeling his way through the frozen water. Alligators go into something…
Australia is baking in what will likely be its hottest summer on record (their summer is our winter). One of the remarkable records that was set this week is a temperature of 120 degrees within 230 feet of the ocean…
An American start-up company, Rivian, has purchased an abandoned auto plant about 100 miles south of Chicago. The plan is that they will produce electric pickup trucks and SUVs, with deliveries starting in 2020. The vehicles are projected to have…
Last night's super blood wolf moon lunar eclipse did not disappoint. It was super because it appeared larger in the sky - because it was closer than average. It was blood because it turned red in the shadow of the…
A lunar eclipse will happen on Sunday night. It starts at 10:34 pm. It will be total from 11:41 pm to 12:43 am, peaking at 12:12 am. It will end at 1:51 am. The skies will be completely clear, so…
This Sunday night we'll be treated to a lunar eclipse. That's when the earth casts its shadow on the moon. The eclipse will start at 10:34 pm. It will be full from 11:42 pm to 12:43 am. It will end…
A new study from the National Academy of Sciences (one of the most prestigious science organizations in the world) shows that Antarctic Ice is melting 6 times faster than in the 1980's. And this trend is expected to continue going…
Weather Underground's Jeff Masters wrote this about the new model. IBM announced today that they will be introducing the world’s highest-resolution global weather forecasting model later in 2019--the IBM Global High-Resolution Atmospheric Forecasting System (GRAF). The model will be the…
Scientists say that the temperature of the oceans were the warmest on record in 2018. That's in keeping with a upward trend that has been going on for decades. The blue line on the graph below shows the temperature of…
Scientists say that the Atlantic Ocean's circulation is slowing down, they estimate by around 15% in the last 70 years. That circulation (called the Thermahaline) transports heat (and cold) around the globe over hundreds of years. A key part of…
Check out this group of images put together by Ed Hawkins, a Climate Scientist from the University of Reading. They show temperatures on earth from 1850 to 2016, using the best data available. Red is warmer than average. Blue is…
The earth is closer to the sun today than any day in the year. This happens every January and it's because the earth's orbit around the sun is an ellipse - not a circle. The earth reaches it's farthest point…
This is one of the coolest things I've seen in a while. Have you ever wondered about the spin and tilts of each of the planets in our solar system? Well Dr. James O'Donoghue from NASA put this together. A…
Today is the first day of winter - the winter solstice. That's when the sun shines directly over the Tropic of Capricorn, which is 23.5 degrees south of the equator. This is the southern most line that the sun shines…
The first humans orbited the moon 50 years ago. The six-day mission lifted off on Dec. 21, 1968, with its crew of Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and Bill Anders. The flight included a day orbiting the moon, during which the…
A tornado touched down today near Seattle in Port Orchard. It was located about 15 miles southwest of Seattle and is home to some 13,000 people. Initial estimates are that it was at least an EF2. If that is confirmed,…
Weather updates and information from ABC Columbia's John Farley.
