As we reported recently , CERES co-founder, Dr. Michael Connolly, tragically passed away on August 25th, 2025. For a brief overview of this amazing scientist's life, see our recent obituary here . In this post, we want to provide a compilation of one of his main research interests of the last 15 years: using weather balloons to study the Earth's atmosphere, weather and climate. In 2014, with his son, Dr. Ronan Connolly (also a CERES co-founder), Michael published a series of three working...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 2024 Solar Superstorm Confirmed as Strongest Flare Event in 87-Year Record New Hemispheric Solar Flare Index Provides Critical Space Weather Data for Protecting Modern Infrastructure MEXICO CITY (November 13, 2025) : This week, the world saw yet another display of spectacular aurorae (November 11-12, 2025) at latitudes as low as El Salvador and Mexico. This was a year after similar unusually low-latitude aurorae events that captivated millions worldwide in May 2024....

On October 17, 2025, CERES co-team leader, Dr. Willie Soon, gave a presentation at Hillsdale College’s 19 th  Annual Free Market Forum in North Carolina. In this video, we show Dr. Soon’s presentation that was entitled, “The importance of fossil fuels and CO2: A scientific perspective”. For further details and link to the full video visit the Hillsdale College website at https://freedomlibrary.hillsdale.edu/programs/free-market-forum-2025/energy . Youtube version: Click here for the Rumble...