The Global Carbon Project reports that increased CO2 emissions are loweing the ability of the world’s natural carbon sinks to absorb the gas.

Skygazers could get quite a show early Tuesday morning.

The Leonid Meteor Shower peaks this year on November 17th.  The shower begins on Tuesday morning at around 4a.m. with a sprinkling of 20 to 30 meteors per hour over North America. 

This can have far reaching impacts… from fishing to swimming.

Man went to the moon in 1969 and ... forty years later, we find water.

For some, this is a big discovery.  For others, not so much.

Over the past year, the buzz about paper, plastic and reusable bags has grown louder and louder by the day.

In the past two years alone, four states have enacted mandatory plastic bag recycling.

But what’s the big deal?  Why do folks care?

Well, as we get down to the bottom of the plastic bag, you might be surprised at what is found.

This weekend’s “Storm Stories” episode is on the wildfires that scorched thousands of acres in Texas back in 2006.

A lightning strike started the wildfire back then, but they can start in other ways too.

Sand gnats.  They go by several names:  No-see ums, punkies, blood-sucking vampires, sand fleas, etc. 

I don’t care what you call them.  They are simply terrible, and I’m ready for them to go.

The rain isn’t falling now, but it doesn’t matter.  Parts of the central and lower Mississippi River basin continue to flood.

Thump, bump, crunch!

Road Kill.

This time of year can be extremely rough on the wildlife in our area.

Unfavorable weather conditions most likely will lead to little if any additional tropical cyclone activity.

The Savannah River is the most polluted river in the state and among the most polluted in the country, according to a report just released by Environment Georgia.

Higher toxic chemical loads were found only for the Ohio, New and Mississippi Rivers.

Drastic temperature swings are incredibly hard on our leafy plant friends, and it can even cause big problems for our pets. 

But can weather ups and downs make humans sick?

It’s called the Float House.  And it could ride out New Orleans’ floods.

This week, Brad Pitt’s Make It Right Foundation debuted the Float house, which aims to answer the challenge posed by the Big Easy’s flood risk.

-Day.  It was June 6, 1944.

Allied forces invaded France on the beaches of Normandy.  It was basically the turning point of World War II.
And it almost didn’t happen…all because of the weather.

The forecast is rain free, and it will stay rain-free for days.  This is good news not only to us here in the Coastal Empire and Lowcountry, but it’s especially good news to those who saw recent flooding rains.

The American Red Cross began client casework today as preliminary damage assessment shows that nearly 2,000 homes have been affected by flooding in 20 counties in the Southeast.

Justs imagine the unthinkable…a planet plagued by famine, disease and war.

It’s not a movie script.  It’s actually a doomsday scenario that could be brought about by a disruption in the ocean’s currents.  And this single event leads to drastic changes in our world’s climate.

The death toll just now climbed to seven when rescuers found a victim of flooding in Chattooga County. 
Two teen-age boys waded into the water Monday afternoon to help someone they believed was trapped in a Jeep.  Both boys were swept away but one of them was rescued quickly.  Volunteers and Chattooga County emergency officials searched overnight before finding the body of the second teen.

It’s all so sad and unfortunate, but some of these deaths could have been avoided. 

Storms…they are dangerous…deadly…and even exciting. 

I chose this career because I am fascinated by weather, and I am one who enjoys watching storms…and even “chasing” them.

It’s an adrenaline rush.  But it’s also an accident waiting to happen.  But sometimes the real danger isn’t in the storms themselves.

Just a few days ago…it was supposed to be the peak date for tropical cyclones in the Atlantic.  But it has only bee quiet.  Why?

I enjoy all four seasons, and I especially enjoy when it first begins to change.

But there’s one thing I am not ready to give up just yet…and that’s the farmers market at Forsyth Park in Savannah.

Packing school lunches day after day, it can be a tedious and seemingly endless chore.  But with more than 50 million children eating lunch in schools across the country every day, the real burden is on the planet.

But there are things you can do to help. 

Making the best of a bad situation…

This is happening in a small south-central Kansas town.  Working to rebuild after a deadly tornado in May 2007, mangled nearly every building in town.  The new approach is for Greensburg to be reborn, “Better, Stronger, Greener.“

Down South, tornadoes often strike at night, when many of us are asleep.

For some of us, a tornado siren is enough to wake us up and spring us into action.  But what about those who don’t live near a tornado siren?  It’s a situation that presents a whole new problem.

So in an attempt to improve warnings, officials in Haskell, Arkansas, have been handing out weather radios, FREE OF CHARGE.  But they’re encountering one problem.  PEOPLE DON’T WANT THEM, even for FREE. 

Understanding the how much, when and where your water is used!

Ready Georgia web site a nice tool to check out.

At least 425 people have been killed, and 270,000 have been driven from their homes.  Thousands of acres of cropland were destroyed. 

The mudslides of October 1999 became the worst disaster to hit the country in 40 years.

And many say the government didn’t respond quickly enough.

Nothing, absolutely nothing.  It has been a quiet hurricane season so far, but things are starting to fire up.

When it comes to tornadoes, you can’t always see them coming.

Vegetation, rain, time of day and air quality all impact the visibility. 

Today in Glynn County, the public reported seeing a tornado near Jekyll Island.  In this thunderstorm, excessive rainfall was falling, which would make it difficult for many to even see the tornado.  This can the situation even more dangerous.  Because if you can’t see something coming, you may not take action.

Jellyfish…they are inflicting painful stings on swimmers along the shores of South Carolina and Georgia. 

Just yesterday, nearly 600 stings were reported on Tybee!  This number is extremely high. 

Weather and climate can really affect how we feel. 

For example, many suffer from the “winter blues” every year.  Many arthritis patients say they can feel the weather “in their bones.“ 

Well now, some doctors say you can also feel the weather in your head.