Tag : California

What is rapid intensification?

Hurricanes are hazardous, especially when they impact land directly. One that undergoes rapid intensification prior to landfall raises even more…

7 months ago

Students tackle climate crisis in homebuilding competition

An international competition is on a mission to find sustainable solutions to our climate crisis. High school and college students…

7 months ago

Annular solar eclipse 2023

On Oct. 14, we’ll get to view a spectacular show across the U.S., the annular solar eclipse, and if you’re…

7 months ago

Tracking Sean

Tropical Storm Sean has formed in the eastern Atlantic, well southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands, becoming the 18th storm…

7 months ago

What is a flash drought?

You’re probably familiar with what a drought is, but what about a flash drought? It’s a type of drought that…

7 months ago

See a Martian dust devil on Mars

NASA’s Perseverance rover on Mars is surveying some extraordinary phenomena on the planet and recorded a dust devil blowing across…

7 months ago

The jet stream

You've heard meteorologist talk about jet streams all the time. But have you ever wondered what they are exactly? Meteorologists…

7 months ago

How the 2023 hurricane season stacks up so far

We've passed the statistical peak of the hurricane season in the Atlantic, but the 2023 season was far from quiet-…

7 months ago

How weather influences fall foliage

Every fall, people travel far and wide to go ‘leaf-peeping.’ The goal is to catch the leaves at peak color…

7 months ago

Fact or myth: Animals and changing seasons

Even though animals don’t buy pumpkin spice toothpaste in the fall or plant way too many petunias in the spring,…

7 months ago