2022 Atlantic hurricane season in review
Now that the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season has wrapped up, we can look back at the season and see how it stacks up to the...
The shocking science about static electricity during winter
The other day I was shopping at the grocery store. When I reached for a bag of potatoes, I felt a burst of static electricity....
Deadline for NOAA’s 2023 Urban Heat Island program nears
If it felt hotter for you this summer than normal, you’re not wrong. The period of June to Aug. 2022 was the second-hottest meteorological summer...
How to adapt to colder extremes
I moved to Wisconsin after living in the state of Louisiana for 15 years. While there, I met my wife and had kids all in that same warm...
How NASA’s Cold Atom Lab is defying gravity
One lab at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California is literally trying to defy gravity. The Cold Atom Lab (CAL) at JPL allows scientists...
Who bad weather favors on Election Day
There’s a reason Election Day is on the first Tuesday of November. And it has (just about) everything to do with the weather. Election Day...
Nicole forms northeast of the Bahamas
Subtropical Storm Nicole formed in the southwestern Atlantic on the morning of Nov. 7, becoming the fourteenth named storm of the season. What You Need...
A short history of daylight saving time
Twice a year, most of the U.S. adjusts to time moving forward in the spring and back again in the fall. But where did the...
Adventuring on one of Alaska’s glaciers
Matanuska Glacier is one of Alaska’s most accessible glaciers. What You Need To Know Matanuska Glacier is the largest glacier in the U.S. that people...
6 times tropical cyclones devastated the U.S. in November
We have finally made it to the last month of the Atlantic hurricane season. Even though activity decreases during November, we have still seen some...