Category: Weather
California wildfires updates: Death, destruction, celebrity homes destroyed in Malibu
Wildfires across the State of California continue to devastate the northern and southern portions of the state. As of this writing, 31 people have died; and at least 200 people […]
Free boarding for pets displaced by wildfires in Southern California
On November 9, VCA Animal Hospitals announced that select VCA hospitals in Southern California are offering free boarding assistance to dogs, cats, and other species to families affected by the fires […]
NASA and ULA launch ICESat-2 rocket to track changes in Earth’s ice measurements
NASA’s Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) successfully launched from California at 9:02 a.m. today, embarking on its mission to measure the ice of Earth’s frozen reaches with unprecedented […]
Florida burglars thwarted by homeowner’s high impact glass windows (video)
If you receive any satisfaction from seeing the good guy win, then you’ll enjoy watching two burglars’ futile attempt to break into a North Lauderdale home. The good guy in this […]
Update: One confirmed dead, one still missing in Maryland flood waters
(Updated September 4) Maryland State Police have confirmed that a body discovered Monday afternoon in Harford County was that of a woman who was swept away by swift water Friday […]
Harford County officials searching for three people swept away by flash flood waters
On September 1, Maryland State Police in Bel Air reported that they were searching for up to three people after they were swept away by swift water Friday evening in […]
NASA launching ICESat-2, advanced laser will measure earth’s changing ice levels
This September, NASA will launch into space the most advanced laser instrument of its kind, beginning a mission to measure – in unprecedented detail – changes in the heights of […]
CDC: Tips for preventing heat-related illness and death
From torrential downpours and flash floods on the United States’ east coast and record breaking heat temperatures on the west coast, weather related deaths are becoming a daily occurrence. According […]
NASA explains Earth’s recent record carbon dioxide spike
A new NASA study provides space-based evidence that Earth’s tropical regions were the cause of the largest annual increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration seen in at least 2,000 years. […]
