The Orionid meteor shower peaks Saturday night
Tiny debris from Halley’s Comet will burn up in our sky this weekend during the peak of the Orionid meteor shower. What You Need To...
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...
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...
The most destructive hurricanes to hit the Northeast U.S.
When you think of destructive hurricanes, you rarely think of the Northeast. Even though that part of the U.S. doesn’t see tropical systems as often...
Record-breaking heat takes hold for parts of the U.S.
Even though Sept. 1 marked the start of meteorological fall, temperatures will say otherwise as record-breaking heat scorches the eastern two-thirds of the country this...
The ways wildfire smoke affects your health
Wildfires do a great deal of damage not only to the environment but also to our health. What You Need To Know Wildfire smoke can...
Blue moons, supermoons and more
Social media and news headlines go abuzz over things like blue moons and supermoons, but what do all those terms mean? What You Need To...
July 2023 was likely the hottest recorded month
Last month was the hottest July on record, and was likely the warmest month overall, according to NOAA scientists. The agency’s records of global temperatures...