Electrifying future homes
A neighborhood in Southern California could set the standard for energy-efficient homes throughout the country. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) gave KB Home $6.65...
Past Daytona 500 Weather Extremes
Despite February being part of Central Florida’s dry season, it seems like rain threatens the Daytona 500 each year. We made it through the 2022...
Climate expert shares how to face climate change
Climate change doesn’t have to be all doom and gloom. That was the title of the talk Dr. Katharine Hayhoe gave at the Steamboat Weather...
What it’s like covering an erupting volcano Mauna Loa
The eruption of the Mauna Loa volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island captivated the nation and world. The volcano erupted on Nov. 27. It is the first time...
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...
Chemists create weatherproof batteries
A team of chemists and engineers at the University of California San Diego developed a new type of electrolyte chemistry for lithium batteries that could...
Weather impacts on an Air Force pilot’s mission
BELLEVILLE, Ill. – Scott Air Force Base in Belleville, Ill. features something unique to the Air Force: the C-21 Jet. These planes–developed in the 1980s,...
Ian will make landfall in South Carolina on Friday
Hurricane Ian made landfall in southwest Florida on Wednesday afternoon, the first hurricane to make landfall in the continental U.S. this year. Its first landfall...
Hurricane Ian moves into the southeastern Gulf of Mexico
ORLANDO, Fla. — Ian remains a major hurricane, producing maximum sustained winds up 115 mph after crossing western Cuba. The Category 3 hurricane will continue...
Cutting down your food waste with worms
Something burrowing underground could help you cut down on your food waste. It’s called vermicomposting or more commonly know as worm composting. According to the...