Carolyn Kaster

8 hours ago | jhnewsandguide.com | Seth Borenstein |Carolyn Kaster |Brittany Peterson

SHAMROCK, Texas (AP) — As severe storms once again soak, batter and pelt the nation’s midsection, a team of dozens of scientists is driving into them to study one of the nation’s costliest but least-appreciated weather dangers: hail.

19 hours ago | journalrecord.com | Seth Borenstein |Carolyn Kaster |Brittany Peterson

Key Summary:Scientists collect data from inside severe hailstormsHail causes over $10 billion in damage annuallyProject ICECHIP funded by NSF and insurance partnersStudy links larger hail to climate change trendsSHAMROCK, Texas  — As severe storms once again soak, twist and pelt the nation’s midsection, a team of dozens of scientists is driving into them to study one of the nation’s costliest but least-appreciated weather dangers: Hail.

3 days ago | argus-press.com | Carolyn Kaster

A periodical cicada flies up from the grass pursued by a cardinal, Friday, May 23, 2025, in Cincinnati. A periodical cicada flies from a branch of an American Sweetgum tree in the Valley View Nature Preserve, Monday, May 26, 2025, in Milford, Ohio. A periodical cicada nymph climbs to the end of a fern frond, Friday, May 16, 2025, in Cincinnati.

3 days ago | jhnewsandguide.com | Carolyn Kaster

CINCINNATI (AP) — Another cicada invasion is here. The large Brood XIV, which emerges every 17 years, is making for a spectacular natural event as billions of periodical cicadas emerge across parts of the eastern U.S., including in Georgia, southern Ohio, Kentucky, Cape Cod in Massachusetts, and Long Island, New York. When spring warms the soil to 64 degrees Fahrenheit, these cicada nymphs dig their way up to the surface after their long development period.

3 days ago | chronicle-tribune.com | Carolyn Kaster

CINCINNATI (AP) — Another cicada invasion is here. The large Brood XIV, which emerges every 17 years, is making for a spectacular natural event as billions of periodical cicadas emerge across parts of the Eastern U.S., including in Georgia, southern Ohio, Kentucky, Cape Cod in Massachusetts, and Long Island, New York. When spring warms the soil to 64 degrees Fahrenheit (about 18 degrees Celsius), these cicada nymphs dig their way up to the surface after their long development period. kAm~?