Kilauea on the big island of Hawaii is renowned for its new-continuous eruptions. However, the output of the volcano isn’t consistent, with some periods featuring slower lava flows with other times having pronounced, notable lava fountains. On 10 March 2026, the lava fountains were particularly intense. Local media reported fountain... Read More
In August 2024, the European Space Agency in partnership with EUMETSAT launched a pathfinder mission called Arctic Weather Satellite (AWS), designed to prove that high-quality passive microwave observations on a micro-satellite (about the size of a washing machine!) in polar low-earth orbit are possible. AWS has one instrument on board to do this,... Read More
France has been experiencing record rainfall this winter. Last week (the final week of February 2026), the country ended a positively-biblical 40 day streak of consecutive days of rain, defined as an average of at least 1 mm of rain from all observing sites across continental France (about 80% of... Read More
A narrow, but intense snow band formed over an area stretching from central Iowa to southwestern Wisconsin over the the night of 19 February into the morning of 20 February. Localized accumulations reached a foot in parts of northeast Iowa. This map from the La Crosse, WI, National Weather Service... Read More
