Fast Company A powerful solar storm is headed toward us, bringing hazards and rare light showsFast CompanyImage: NOAA. The sun’s magnetic activity operates on a roughly 11-year cycle, and activity of this intensity takes place for about 100 total days of that cycle. But we’re currently experiencing the downside of a not particularly strong solar…

Greentech Media A Maturing Solar Market Ripens Toward String Inverters, but With Central ArchitectureGreentech MediaUntil very recently, the vital ingredient to launch and grow a market for solar energy in the United States has been the same: government support. Few people know that better than Allan Gregg, CTO of inverter manufacturer Sungrow USA. “I’ve been…

South Washington County Bulletin Community solar garden planned on Aggregate land in Grey Cloud Island TownshipSouth Washington County BulletinAggregate Industries will lease their land to Minnesota Solar Connection that will produce about 1 megawatt of power. The proposed solar garden lies inside the solar overlay district the town board established last year that between Grey…

Fox News Check out this camera gear wrecked by the August solar eclipseFox NewsWhile plenty of photographers managed to score some pretty stunning shots of the solar eclipse last month, there were a few that declined to fully research how to go about taking a picture of a partially (and totally) obscured, intensely bright light…

Forbes Houston, We’ve Got A Problem. It’s Called Global Warming.ForbesHurricane Harvey poured more rain on Texas and Louisiana last week than this country has ever seen from a single storm. The city of Houston is now suffering from historic flooding, with many calling this a “1000-year flood.” Congress is likely to pass …Global warming may…

Activists Already Blaming Global Warming For Intensifying Hurricane IrmaThe Daily CallerEnvironmental activists are blaming global warming for intensifying Hurricane Irma as the massive storm barrels across the South Atlantic towards the Florida coast. Like Hurricane Harvey, some activists are pointing to warm sea surface temperatures as …Catastrophic Intensity: Why Is Hurricane Irma Gaining Strength So…

HuffPost Houston, Bangladesh, And Global WarmingHuffPostIt’s the same story with the greenhouse gases that cause global warming, even if the chain of causation may be somewhat more complicated. At this point, we have pretty clear evidence that the planet is warming, with the predictable bad effects like … and more »

US Taxpayer Dollars Fueled A 1200 Percent Increase In TV Global Warming ReportingThe Daily CallerThere’s been a 1,200 percent increase in on-air global warming reporting by TV weathermen in the past four years and the effort is being fueled by U.S. taxpayer dollars, according to soon-to-be-released data. George Mason University professor Ed … and more »

RealClimate Why extremes are expected to change with a global warmingRealClimateGlobal warming is one kind of climate change caused by an increased greenhouse effect with an impact on both meteorology and the hydrological cycle. It involves physical conditions which set the stage for evaporation, convection, condensation of water …

New York Times California Today: Is This What Climate Change Looks Like? – The …New York TimesTuesday: A wild weather weekend, the problem with American Indian place names in Yosemite, and a sprawling arts initiative across Southern California. and more »