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Heat Waves Are Getting More Extreme - And It's Not Just About Higher Temperatures

Tue, 26 Mar 2024 22:33:18 +0000

We've all experienced sweltering summer days that make us want to seek refuge in the air conditioning.

Understanding Heat Domes: The Weather Phenomenon Baking Texas Explained

Tue, 27 Jun 2023 14:37:43 +0000

A heat dome occurs when a persistent region of high pressure traps heat over an area. The heat dome can stretch over several states and linger for days to weeks, leaving the people, crops and animals below to suffer through stagnant, hot air that can feel like an oven.

The Unpredictable Nature of El Niño: Understanding Its Impact on Global Weather Patterns

Thu, 15 Jun 2023 16:50:03 +0000

To comprehend El Niño, we must first acknowledge its counterpart, La Niña, and their intricate relationship as part of the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) system.

4 Consequences of El Niño Returning in 2023

Sat, 28 Jan 2023 10:49:36 +0000

Every two to seven years, the equatorial Pacific Ocean gets up to 3°C warmer (what we know as an El Niño event) or colder (La Niña) than usual, triggering a cascade of effects felt around the world.

What Is A Derecho? An Atmospheric Scientist Explains These Rare But Dangerous Storm Systems

Mon, 15 Jun 2020 07:19:07 +0000

The U.S. recently has experienced two rarer events: organized lines of thunderstorms with widespread damaging winds, known as derechos.

How The Weather Is Being Politicized and Monetized

Wed, 23 Oct 2019 07:41:37 +0000

John Oliver discusses the tension between the public and private worlds of predicting the weather.

How To Get Ready For Hurricane Season

Wed, 22 May 2019 06:25:28 +0000

The official Atlantic hurricane season begins on June 1, even as many communities are still recovering from a destructive year in 2018.

3 Reasons Why The US Is Vulnerable To Big Disasters

Fri, 19 Apr 2019 07:38:34 +0000

During the 2017 disaster season, three severe hurricanes devastated large parts of the U.S.

Are Natural Disasters On The Rise?

Mon, 11 Mar 2019 11:19:51 +0000

Natural disasters have filled our news in recent weeks. They wreak havoc in poor and vulnerable communities and cost billions in recovery and aid funding.

How To Know If Climate Change Caused The Weather

Thu, 27 Apr 2017 10:07:50 +0000

After an unusually intense heat wave, downpour, or drought, Noah Diffenbaugh and his research group inevitably get phone calls and emails asking whether human-caused climate change played a role.

How The Sea Level Of The Pacific Ocean Predicts The Rise In Surface Temperatures

Tue, 20 Sep 2016 16:50:00 +0000

Sea level changes in the Pacific Ocean let scientists estimate future global average surface temperatures, a new report shows.

Is An Extreme Warm West And Cold East Winter The New US Norm?

Sun, 04 Sep 2016 05:43:00 +0000

This past July was the hottest single month in Earth’s recorded history, but warming isn’t the only danger climate change holds in store.

Role Of The Jet Stream Makes Summer Weather Hard To Forecast

Sat, 27 Aug 2016 20:11:00 +0000

Scientists say recent work to unravel the mysteries of the Atlantic jet stream could pay off with better long-term forecasts of summer weather.

El Niño Is Over, But It Has Left Its Mark Across The World

Sat, 11 Jun 2016 05:35:01 +0000

The 2015-16 El Niño has likely reached its end. Tropical Pacific Ocean temperatures, trade winds, cloud and pressure patterns have all dropped back to near normal, although clearly the event’s impacts around the globe are still being felt.

El Niño Takes Its Toll on Southeast Asia

Wed, 01 Jun 2016 16:19:00 +0000

Drought has spread in several provinces of Mindanao Island. Photo from the Facebook page of RMP-NMR Rising temperatures and water shortages are affecting many countries in Southeast Asia, thanks to the El Niño climate phenomenon.

Rainstorms Raise An Airborne Dust Problem

Fri, 20 May 2016 16:04:08 +0000

Analysis of air samples shows that the cleansing effect of heavy rainfall is diminished by organic particles spattering up into the atmosphere from the soil.

The Rising Extreme Weather Offers A Warning Of Environmental Dangers

Wed, 24 Feb 2016 04:15:00 +0000

The world’s climate is already changing. Extreme weather events (floods, droughts, and heatwaves) are increasing as global temperatures rise. While we are starting to learn how these changes will affect

El Niño Can Be Either A Blessing Or Curse For Midwest Crops

Tue, 26 Jan 2016 13:09:00 +0000

Midwestern farmers usually fare well during years that El Niño weather patterns affect the growing season.

What Is Messing With Weather Patterns? Rossby Waves That Is

Wed, 03 Sep 2014 23:08:10 +0000

This is the year of obscure atmospheric phenomenon. The polar vortex chilled everyone’s winter. Methane releases might be carving mysterious craters in the Arctic ice. And blocking patterns got the blame for Colorado’s so-called thousand-year flood.

Study Predicts El Niño For Late This Year

Wed, 12 Feb 2014 16:16:29 +0000

A new study shows that there is at least a 76 percent likelihood that an El Niño event will occur later this year, potentially reshaping global weather patterns for a year or more and raising the odds that 2015 will set a record for the warmest year since instrument records began in the late 19th century.