Enhiker is a compact, 3D-printed device designed to assist outdoor enthusiasts in making informed decisions about their environment. Powered by Unihiker from DFRobot, it integrates environmental and GNSS sensors to assess real-time weather conditions and location data. Enhiker provides users with a clear recommendation on whether it’s safe to set up camp or continue outdoor…

As wildfires have sent palls of smoke streaming across large swaths of North America, some have spawned fire-breathing thunderstorm clouds. As is evident from the image above and others that follow, these pyrocumulonimbus clouds, or pyroCbs, offer a visually dramatic reminder of just how extreme wildfire behavior can get. But they are significant for other reasons as…

How Soon Might the Atlantic Ocean Break? Two Sibling Scientists Found an Answer—and Shook the World Wired.com The 2004 movie The Day After Tomorrow may have taken some serious artistic license with climate science, but it got one thing right. Climate change may indeed cause a collapse in global ocean currents, with devastating consequences. When the Hollywood…

by weather.com meteorologists The Atlantic hurricane season’s next tropical storm could form later this week once a disturbance tracks near the Bahamas, but its potential impacts to the U.S. remain uncertain this far out in time. W​here is the disturbance now? The tropical wave that might eventually grow into a tropical depression or storm is located east of the…

Detroit Free Press – David Benda and Jessica Skropanic – Redding Record Searchlight California’s largest wildfire to date this year and sixth largest in state history grew overnight while containment on the Park Fire blaze that has burned through two counties improved. Containment increased to 14%. Monday night: Park Fire continues growing, now over 373K acres The…