http://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. The best advice for visitors to Britain—pack an umbrella—is more vital than ever. http://phys.org/news290781293.html Space & Earth Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:35:13 EST news290781293 Come rain, wind or sunshine, weather has long been one of Britain's main topics of conversation. Now it has also become a mystery. http://phys.org/news290752916.html Space & Earth Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:10:01 EST news290752916 When forecasters from the National Weather Service track a hurricane, they use models from several different supercomputers located around the world to create their predictions. http://phys.org/news289057494.html Space & Earth Wed, 29 May 2013 15:10:01 EST news289057494 Uncertainty issues are paramount in the assessment of risks posed by natural hazards and in developing strategies to alleviate their consequences. http://phys.org/news286551644.html Other Sciences Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:40:53 EST news286551644 The destruction caused by Hurricane Sandy has prompted the World Meteorological Organization to remove the name from a rotating list of storm titles, the UN agency said Friday. http://phys.org/news284974729.html Space & Earth Fri, 12 Apr 2013 08:38:54 EST news284974729 A huge dust storm hit Tokyo Sunday, blanketing the city with brown dust that darkened the skies and rapidly transformed what had been a clear and sunny day. http://phys.org/news282115226.html Space & Earth Sun, 10 Mar 2013 06:20:34 EST news282115226 It's now easier than ever to be a part of NOAA's weather research. The NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory, in partnership with the University of Oklahoma, has launched a free app for users to anonymously report precipitation from their Apple or Android mobile device. http://phys.org/news279448278.html Space & Earth Thu, 07 Feb 2013 08:31:31 EST news279448278 Have you ever woken up to a sunny forecast only to get soaked on your way to the office? On days like that it's easy to blame the weatherman. http://phys.org/news278238345.html Space & Earth Thu, 24 Jan 2013 08:26:00 EST news278238345 Locating the nearest emergency shelter or chatting live with forecasters—social networks were abuzz with the latest news, tips and reassurance Sunday as Americans hunkered down for Hurricane Sandy. http://phys.org/news270741083.html Technology Mon, 29 Oct 2012 15:10:02 EST news270741083 Federal meteorologists are forecasting a milder and drier winter for much of the western United States, but say they are stumped about what will happen in the East. http://phys.org/news269784260.html Space & Earth Thu, 18 Oct 2012 13:04:29 EST news269784260 Metop-B, the European polar orbiting weather satellite, designed and manufactured by Astrium, is now ready to launch from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. http://phys.org/news266223904.html Space & Earth Fri, 07 Sep 2012 08:30:03 EST news266223904 With the Atlantic hurricane season officially beginning this month, the Office of Naval Research (ONR) is pursuing a number of projects to help Navy forecasters and meteorologists around the world predict storms better. http://phys.org/news258288868.html Space & Earth Thu, 07 Jun 2012 11:54:38 EST news258288868 Stockholm registered its coldest June weekend in 84 years, with temperatures hitting a maximum of just six degrees Celsius (43 Fahrenheit), meteorologists said Sunday. http://phys.org/news258002745.html Space & Earth Mon, 04 Jun 2012 04:40:02 EST news258002745 Giant quakes off Indonesia caused panic but little damage, in a successful test of warning systems and evacuation plans introduced after the catastrophic 2004 Asian tsunami, experts said Thursday. http://phys.org/news253422342.html Space & Earth Thu, 12 Apr 2012 04:40:01 EST news253422342 (AP) -- It has been so warm in the United States this year, especially in March, that national records were not just broken, they were deep-fried. http://phys.org/news253162222.html Space & Earth Mon, 09 Apr 2012 03:50:37 EST news253162222 An Indiana University geophysical experiment detected unusual seismic signals associated with tornadoes that struck regions across the Midwest last week -- information that may have value for meteorologists studying the atmospheric activity that precedes tornado disasters. http://phys.org/news250425970.html Space & Earth Thu, 08 Mar 2012 10:46:15 EST news250425970 In the past year, the Department of Energy's Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Climate Research Facility deployed 18 new scanning radars at its research sites in Oklahoma, Alaska, and the tropical western Pacific. These highly sophisticated new radars are providing extraordinary 4-dimensional information to help scientists better understand the lifecycle of clouds. http://phys.org/news242561742.html Space & Earth Thu, 08 Dec 2011 10:15:57 EST news242561742 Tropical Storm Beatriz developed from a low pressure area that NASA was watching last week. Beatriz is now expected to reach hurricane force and hit western coastal Mexico today and tomorrow. NASA satellite imagery today revealed powerful thunderstorms bubbling within, indicating further strengthening is occurring. http://phys.org/news227807153.html Space & Earth Mon, 20 Jun 2011 16:46:14 EST news227807153 Iceland saw its first May snowfall for almost a decade over the weekend, with more than 16 centimetres falling on the capital Reykjavik, meteorologists said Sunday. http://phys.org/news223530053.html Space & Earth Mon, 02 May 2011 04:41:10 EST news223530053 A new paper by George Mason University researchers shows that 'Climategate' -- the unauthorized release in late 2009 of stolen e-mails between climate scientists in the U.S. and United Kingdom -- undermined belief in global warming and possibly also trust in climate scientists among TV meteorologists in the United States, at least temporarily. http://phys.org/news217602540.html Space & Earth Tue, 22 Feb 2011 13:09:16 EST news217602540 Storm chasers have become bat watchers. A scientist at the University of California, Santa Cruz, working with meteorologists at the University of Oklahoma, is using mobile storm-chasing radars to follow swarms of bats as they emerge from their caves each night to forage on insects. http://phys.org/news217251962.html Biology Fri, 18 Feb 2011 11:46:19 EST news217251962 Climate change is a topic that impacts the weather not only globally, but also locally. While some people may be concerned about the melting ice sheets at the far corners of the Earth, what most really want to know is "how will global warming affect me?" -- and they often turn to their local weatherperson to find out. http://phys.org/news196769149.html Space & Earth Sat, 26 Jun 2010 11:50:01 EST news196769149 The Australian city of Melbourne has sweltered through its hottest night since 1902, with temperatures topping 34 degrees Celsius (93 degrees Fahrenheit), meteorologists said Tuesday. http://phys.org/news182501433.html Space & Earth Tue, 12 Jan 2010 07:00:01 EST news182501433 Spanish researchers have measured CO2 levels for the past three years in the troposphere (lower atmosphere) over a sparsely inhabited rural area near Valladolid. The results, which are the first of their kind in the Iberian Peninsula, show that the levels rose "significantly" between 2002 and 2005. http://phys.org/news179059890.html Space & Earth Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:30:02 EST news179059890 With three months left in the 2009 Atlantic hurricane season, storm watchers can be sure that there will not be another Hurricane Katrina, or Rita, or Wilma this year, or ever again. http://phys.org/news171178603.html Space & Earth Thu, 03 Sep 2009 08:30:02 EST news171178603 Funny thing about tornadoes. When they ought to drop out of the sky, they usually don't. Despite all the radar looking for them, no one quite knows when or where they'll appear. http://phys.org/news161366375.html Space & Earth Tue, 12 May 2009 17:00:47 EST news161366375