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 to see all the vibrant...
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, their behavior still changes with...
The Full Harvest Moon joins a trio of planets
The Full Harvest Moon brightens our night sky to finish the week. It’ll be fullest early Friday morning at 4:57 a.m. ET. What You Need...
‘Lights Out’ can help migrating birds
We’re in the midst of bird migration season. Many of the birds travel at night, and the bright lights of towns and cities can make...
The science behind the season
The days become shorter; the air becomes crisp, and pumpkin-flavored everything appears in stores. This means fall is upon us, but why exactly is it...
Northern lights were visible this week in the mid-latitudes
Earlier this week, social media was buzzing with pictures of the Aurora Borealis, otherwise known as the northern lights. People sent pictures to various Spectrum...
Watch how NOAA flew into the record books
Robots are blowing the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration into the Guinness World Records book. What You Need To Know NOAA set two world records A...
What is light pollution?
If you live in or near a crowded city and have tried to see the stars or a meteor shower in the night sky, you...
How to keep your garden going deep into fall
A few months ago, did you see some friends posting on social media about their new gardening hobby? Maybe you thought, “wow, they are romain-ing...
Tornado field campaign wraps up research
Over the last two years, meteorologists with the NOAA’s National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) have studied tornadoes up close in the Southeast. It’s all part...