NOAA

Solar storm is hitting the Earth right now

The largest solar storm since 2005 is now in progress, causing fluctuations on the power grid and disruptions to the Global Positioning System.

NOAA: Tests confirm oil spreading deep below surface

U.S. officials confirmed Tuesday that plumes of dispersed oil are spreading far beneath the ocean surface from the leaking well in the Gulf of Mexico but said concentrations are “very low.”

14 Hurricanes expected in US this year

As many as 14 hurricanes could hit the Atlantic basin this year, the top US climate agency says.

Military flights go on under the shadow of volcano ash

While the commercial air transport world has been all but stopped in the European airspace, the U.S. military has managed to continue resupply operations and medical evacuation flights by redeploying aircraft ahead of the spreading volcanic ash.