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December 20, 2024
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Dec. 19, 2024 — A new tool that predicts the behavior of desert locust populations will help national agencies to manage huge swarms before they devastate food crops in Africa and ...
Dec. 20, 2024 — Investigations into precipitation patterns in eastern Central Europe since the end of the last ice age have shown that dynamic processes in atmospheric circulation, such as the North Atlantic jet stream, influence regional changes in precipitation. ...
Dec. 20, 2024 — Scientists have delivered the first measurements of Greenland Ice Sheet thickness change using data from ESA and NASA ice satellite missions. With global warming causing the Greenland Ice Sheet to ...
Dec. 17, 2024 — Researchers have demonstrated the high accuracy of their newly developed typhoon observation device that can be dropped from an aircraft into the eye of a typhoon. This kind of device, called a ...
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Dec. 19, 2024 — Scientists are changing our understanding of climate and weather on Mars and providing critical insights into Earth's atmospheric processes as ...
Dec. 19, 2024 — Communities up and down the West Coast of the United States can expect atmospheric rivers to evolve as the climate warms. But residents in Southern California will see much different changes than ...
Dec. 19, 2024 — Scientists have successfully identified a previously unknown species to Southern California from fossilized seeds, revealing a drought-fueled dance ...
Dec. 17, 2024 — Researchers propose a unique numerical decision-making framework for solar panel protection against extreme weather conditions. The framework combines advanced wind simulations with machine learning ...
Dec. 16, 2024 — New research shows that many wildlife species in the U.S., like the endangered giant kangaroo rat, will face much more frequent and severe droughts ...
Dec. 3, 2024 — A research team has developed new approach to measure ocean memory and found that the North Atlantic Ocean has a memory of approximately one to two ...
Dec. 4, 2024 — Heavy monsoon rainfall, excessive snowmelt and unstable terrain combined to cause the 2021 Melamchi Valley flood disaster in Nepal, according to new ...
Dec. 12, 2024 — Stars similar to the Sun produce a gigantic outburst of radiation on average about once every hundred years per star. Such superflares release more energy than a trillion hydrogen bombs and make all ...
Dec. 10, 2024 — A new analysis of more than 3,000 studies from around the world reveals that globally, flooding increases preterm births by about 3%. Children who were in utero during a flood event are also more ...
Dec. 9, 2024 — The Dutch East India Company ship, the Zuytdorp, likely crashed into the shore of Western Australia due to a storm and not bad navigation, new research has found. Archaeologists analyzed ship logs, ...
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Dec. 6, 2024 — Researchers show that the all-time record low in winter sea ice extent in 2023 can be explained by warm Southern Ocean conditions and patterns in the winds that circled Antarctica months earlier, ...
Dec. 6, 2024 — A new study shows the benefits of coordinating the siting of solar farms, wind farms, and storage systems, taking into account local and temporal variations in wind, sunlight, and energy demand. This ...
Dec. 6, 2024 — High-sensitivity climate models should not be excluded when predicting future regional climate impacts because the level of warming measured globally is not always the only good indicator of regional ...
Dec. 5, 2024 — Rising sea levels, melting glaciers, heatwaves at sea -- 2023 set a number of alarming new records. The global mean temperature also rose to nearly 1.5 degrees above the preindustrial level, another ...
Dec. 5, 2024 — Mangroves have been shown to provide $855 billion in flood protection services worldwide, according to a new ...
Dec. 5, 2024 — Colorful auroras appeared around Japan's Honshu and Hokkaido islands on May 11, 2024, sparked by an intense magnetic storm. Usually, auroras observed at low latitudes appear red due to the ...
Dec. 3, 2024 — The University of Alaska Fairbanks released a new report this week highlighting environmental changes and extremes that impact Alaskans and their livelihoods. 'Alaska's Changing ...
Dec. 3, 2024 — Scientists demonstrate how a series of extreme weather events could lead to the Arctic's first ice-free day within just a few ...
Dec. 2, 2024 — A major global study using teabags as a measuring device shows warming temperatures may reduce the amount of carbon stored in wetlands. The international team of scientists buried 19,000 bags of ...
Nov. 27, 2024 — A striking new phenomenon is emerging: distinct regions are seeing repeated heat waves that are so extreme, they fall far beyond what any model of global warming can predict or explain. A new study ...
Nov. 26, 2024 — A research team has found some clues to how plants survive in colder ...
Nov. 26, 2024 — Researchers propose a new method to generate meteorological data that takes into account the interdependence of meteorological factors, such as temperature, humidity, and solar ...
Nov. 26, 2024 — A study found that dust from snow- and ice-free areas of the Arctic could be an important contributor to climate change in the region. Higher levels of dust help promote the formation of ice crystals ...
Nov. 26, 2024 — The cost of reversing the effects of climate change -- restoring melted polar sea ice, for example -- quickly climbs nearly fourfold soon after a tipping point is crossed, according to new work. Much ...
Nov. 26, 2024 — Accelerating rates of heat uptake by oceans that don't fit current climate models can now be explained by quantum ...
Nov. 25, 2024 — With help from AI, scientists developed a method that generates satellite imagery from the future to depict how a region would look after a potential flooding ...
Nov. 21, 2024 — A new study estimates that a 1-meter sea level rise by 2100 would affect over 14 million people and $1 trillion worth of property along the Southeast Atlantic ...
Nov. 20, 2024 — Forests with few tree species pose considerably higher risk of being damaged and especially vulnerable is the introduced lodgepole ...
Nov. 19, 2024 — Researchers have created a method that uses artificial intelligence to more accurately predict short-term river discharge using historical data from two hydrometric stations on the Ottawa River along ...
Nov. 19, 2024 — A few years back, a group of weed scientists showed that soil-applied herbicides are less effective against agricultural weeds in the context of our changing climate. Now, the same research group has ...
Friday, December 6, 2024
- Record-Low Antarctic Sea Ice Can Be Explained and Forecast Months out by Patterns in Winds
- So You Want to Build a Solar or Wind Farm? Here's How to Decide Where
- Impact Studies Should Include High-Sensitivity Climate Models
Thursday, December 5, 2024
- Rapid Surge in Global Warming Mainly Due to Reduced Planetary Albedo
- Mangroves Save $855 Billion in Flood Protection Globally, New Study Shows
- Researchers Use Data from Citizen Scientists to Uncover the Mysteries of a Blue Low-Latitude Aurora
Tuesday, December 3, 2024
- Alaska's Changing Environment
- Countdown to an Ice-Free Arctic: New Research Warns of Accelerated Timelines
Monday, December 2, 2024
Wednesday, November 27, 2024
Tuesday, November 26, 2024
- Same Plant, Different Tactic: Habitat Determines Response to Climate
- Predicting the Weather: New Meteorology Estimation Method Aids Building Efficiency
- Researchers Show Complex Relationship Between Arctic Warming and Arctic Dust
- Delay and Pay: Climate Tipping Point Costs Quadruple After Waiting
- Quantum Mechanism Identified as a Key to Accelerating Ocean Temperatures
Monday, November 25, 2024
Thursday, November 21, 2024
Wednesday, November 20, 2024
Tuesday, November 19, 2024
- Artificial Intelligence Can Be Used to Predict River Discharge and Warn of Potential Flooding
- Will Agricultural Weeds Finally Claim the Upper Hand in a Changing Climate?
- Improving Hurricane Modeling With Physics-Informed Machine Learning
Monday, November 18, 2024
Saturday, November 16, 2024
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
- Linking Data on Genetics, Traits and Environment Gives Crop Breeders a Wider Lens
- Extreme Weather Accelerates Nitrate Pollution in Groundwater
Tuesday, November 12, 2024
Friday, November 8, 2024
- Measurements from 'lost' Seaglider Offer New Insights Into Antarctic Ice Melting
- How Much Climate Change Is in the Weather?
- How Prisons Fall Short in Protecting the Incarcerated from Climate Disasters
Thursday, November 7, 2024
- Some of the World's Least Polluting Populations Are at Much Greater Risk of Flooding Fueled by Climate Change
- Hurricane Helene's Gravity Waves Revealed by NASA's AWE
- Microplastics Impact Cloud Formation, Likely Affecting Weather and Climate
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
- Climate Change Parching the American West Even Without Rainfall Deficits
- Power Grids Supplied Largely by Renewable Sources Experience Lower Intensity Blackouts
- Using a Fan and Wetting the Skin Reduces Risk of Deadly Cardiac Strain in Hot and Humid Weather
- Research Reveals How Stormy Conditions Affect Albatrosses' Ability to Feed
Monday, November 4, 2024
Thursday, October 31, 2024
- Study Reveals Acceleration in Pacific Upper-Ocean Circulation Over Past 30 Years, Impacting Global Weather Patterns
- Temperature at Roque De Los Muchachos Observatory Rose 1.1 Degrees C in 20 Years -- Twice as Much as Predicted by Climate Models
- Global Ocean Oscillations and Climate Change Affect Weather Patterns in the Serengeti
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Monday, October 28, 2024
- When Is a Heat Wave Just a Heat Wave, and When Is It Climate Change?
- Using Weather Radar to Track Australia's Migrating Birds
Sunday, October 27, 2024
Friday, October 25, 2024
- Slowing Ocean Current Could Ease Arctic Warming -- A Little
- Researcher Trains AI to Predict Diarrheal Outbreaks Related to Climate Change
Wednesday, October 23, 2024
- Marshes Provide Cost-Effective Coastal Protection
- A 'worrying Confluence' Of Flood Risk, Social Vulnerability and Climate Change Denial
Monday, October 21, 2024
- New Ice Core Data Provides Insight Into Climate 'tipping Points' During the Last Ice Age
- The 2022 European Drought: What Was the Role of Climate Change?
- Combining Satellite Methods Provides Drought Detection from Space
Thursday, October 17, 2024
- Global Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Forest Fires Increase by 60 Percent
- Research Improves Hurricane Intensity Forecasting
- When Hurricanes Hit, Online Chatter Drowns out Safety Messaging
- Deep Learning Illuminates Atmospheric Blocking Events of Past, Future
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
- NASA, NOAA: Sun Reaches Maximum Phase in 11-Year Solar Cycle
- Tube Sock-Like Skunk Covers More Ground Than Deer, Impacted by Winter Weather, Study Finds
Thursday, October 10, 2024
- Lightning Strikes Kick Off a Game of Electron Pinball in Space
- Extreme Rainfall Poses Health Risks
- Snowflake Dance Analysis Could Improve Rain Forecasts
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
Tuesday, October 8, 2024
Wednesday, October 2, 2024
- Study Reveals Limits of Using Land Surface Temperature To explain heat Hazards in Miami-Dade County
- Storms, Floods, Landslides Associated With Intimate Partner Violence Against Women Two Years Later
- Most Tropical Lightning Storms Are Radioactive
- Hurricanes Linked to Higher Death Rates for 15 Years After Storms Pass
Monday, September 30, 2024
Thursday, September 26, 2024
Wednesday, September 25, 2024
- One in Two El Niño Events Could Be Extreme by Mid-Century
- Ice Age Clues Point to More Extreme Weather Patterns in Our Future
- Harvests, Wildfires, Epidemics: How the Jet Stream Has Shaped Extreme Weather in Europe for Centuries
Thursday, September 19, 2024
- Over Nearly Half a Billion Years, Earth's Global Temperature Has Changed Drastically, Driven by Carbon Dioxide
- Lake Ice Quality Degrading as Planet Warms -- Skaters, Hockey Players, Ice Truckers on Thin Ice
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
Monday, September 16, 2024
Friday, September 13, 2024
- Global Warming's Economic Blow: Risks Rise More Rapidly for the Rich
- Dams Built to Prevent Coastal Flooding Can Worsen It
Thursday, September 12, 2024
Wednesday, September 11, 2024
Tuesday, September 10, 2024
Monday, September 9, 2024
- Deserts' Biggest Threat? Flooding
- New Research Sinks an Old Theory for the Doldrums, a Low-Wind Equatorial Region That Stranded Sailors for Centuries
- Extreme Weather to Strengthen Rapidly Over Next Two Decades
Friday, September 6, 2024
Thursday, September 5, 2024
Wednesday, September 4, 2024
- How Earth's Most Intense Heat Wave Ever Impacted Life in Antarctica
- A Better Understanding of Climate Change: Researchers Study Cloud Movement in the Arctic
Tuesday, September 3, 2024
Thursday, August 29, 2024
Wednesday, August 28, 2024
- Making Waves in Hurricane Prediction
- Engineers Develop AI System for Real-Time Sensing of Flooded Roads
- Rain or Shine? How Rainfall Impacts Size of Sea Turtle Hatchlings
Tuesday, August 27, 2024
- Cold Math, Hot Topic: Sea Ice Thermal Conductivity
- Coastal Cities Must Adapt Faster to Climate Change