What is rapid intensification?
Hurricanes are hazardous, especially when they impact land directly. One that undergoes rapid intensification prior to landfall raises even more of a threat, since it...
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 from California to China are...
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 on the west coast, you’re...
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 the planet. What You Need...
The jet stream
You’ve heard meteorologist talk about jet streams all the time. But have you ever wondered what they are exactly? Meteorologists talk about jet streams for...
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- even with an emerging El...
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...
Looking back on Hurricane Ian and future flood potential
OVIDEO, Fla. — At the Black Hammock in Oviedo, working on the water’s edge has its appeal for the property’s general manager, Jayson Rivera. What...
‘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...