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California isn't going to face a superstorm like Hurricane Sandy because the Pacific Ocean is too cold to feed that kind of weather system. http://phys.org/news271068427.html Space & Earth Fri, 02 Nov 2012 09:48:34 EST news271068427 Another messy—and wintry—storm may cause post-Election Day problems for an already weather-weary East Coast, forecasters say. http://phys.org/news271049052.html Space & Earth Fri, 02 Nov 2012 04:24:29 EST news271049052 New research suggests that cutting down swaths of forest in snowy regions at least doubles – and potentially quadruples – the number of large floods that occur along the rivers and streams passing through those forests. http://phys.org/news268486232.html Space & Earth Wed, 03 Oct 2012 12:30:40 EST news268486232 Starting today, NOAA is using a sophisticated new weather forecast computer model to improve predictions of quickly developing severe weather events including thunderstorms, winter storms and aviation hazards such as clear air turbulence. http://phys.org/news255165696.html Space & Earth Wed, 02 May 2012 09:10:01 EST news255165696 (PhysOrg.com) -- Europe is likely to be hit by more violent winter storms in the future. Now a new study into the effects of climate change has found out why. http://phys.org/news252655769.html Space & Earth Tue, 03 Apr 2012 07:11:04 EST news252655769 As American southwestern states struggle against ongoing drought, and the Northwest braces for a projected shift from a snow- to a rain-dominated hydrological system, climate researchers strive to provide precipitation projections that are fine grained enough to be of value to municipal water managers. Estimates derived from large general circulation models show that in a warming world, water availability in the western United States will be increasingly dictated by extreme events. http://phys.org/news252392584.html Space & Earth Sat, 31 Mar 2012 06:03:19 EST news252392584 Rising sea levels are likely to change Southern California beaches in the coming century, but not in ways you might expect. http://phys.org/news249648613.html Space & Earth Tue, 28 Feb 2012 10:50:21 EST news249648613 In the quiet after the storms, streets and cars had all but disappeared under piles of snow. The U.S. Postal Service suspended service for the first time in 30 years. Snow plows struggled to push the evidence off of major roads. Hundreds of thousands of Washington metropolitan residents grappled with the loss of electricity and heat for almost a week. http://phys.org/news248024962.html Space & Earth Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:49:34 EST news248024962 A month ago, a young seal named Marco washed up on a beach on the northern Dutch Frisian island of Ameland, one of a growing number of recently stranded pups that has left his rescuers worried. http://phys.org/news246514596.html Biology Mon, 23 Jan 2012 04:16:52 EST news246514596 (AP) -- Could the Internet mean the end of snow days? Some schools think so, and they are experimenting with ways for students to do lessons online during bad weather, potentially allowing classes to go on during even the worst blizzard. http://phys.org/news224911272.html Technology Wed, 18 May 2011 04:21:44 EST news224911272 NASA atmospheric scientists got an unexpected chance to study a curious phenomenon called "thundersnow" when a recent storm unleashed it right over their heads. http://phys.org/news217849008.html Space & Earth Fri, 25 Feb 2011 09:37:42 EST news217849008 They're called atmospheric rivers - narrow regions in Earth's atmosphere that transport enormous amounts of water vapor across the Pacific or other regions. Aptly nicknamed "rivers in the sky," they can transport enough water vapor in one day, on average, to flood an area the size of Maryland 0.3 meters (1 foot) deep, or about seven times the average daily flow of water from the Mississippi River into the Gulf of Mexico. The phenomenon was the subject of a recent major emergency preparedness scenario led by the U.S. Geological Survey, "ARkStorm," which focused on the possibility of a series of strong atmospheric rivers striking California - a scenario of flooding, wind and mudslides the USGS said could cause damages exceeding those of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. http://phys.org/news216654993.html Space & Earth Fri, 11 Feb 2011 13:58:34 EST news216654993 (AP) -- January was colder than normal for the United States and, in a finding that will surprise many, also drier than usual. http://phys.org/news216388337.html Space & Earth Tue, 08 Feb 2011 12:20:01 EST news216388337 Punxsutawney Phil predicted that spring will come on time, and NASA satellite data suggests that residents in more than one-third of the U.S. are now anxious for the prediction to come true. http://phys.org/news215890778.html Space & Earth Wed, 02 Feb 2011 17:50:21 EST news215890778 (AP) -- The temperature is rising again in the Arctic, with the sea ice extent dropping to one of the lowest levels on record, climate scientists reported Thursday. http://phys.org/news206892255.html Space & Earth Thu, 21 Oct 2010 15:20:20 EST news206892255 University of Utah scientists developed an easier way for meteorologists to predict snowfall amounts and density - fluffy powder or wet cement. The method has been adopted by the National Weather Service for use throughout Utah - and could be adjusted for use anywhere. http://phys.org/news186040403.html Space & Earth Mon, 22 Feb 2010 06:10:01 EST news186040403 Whether it's never-ending heat waves or winter storms, atmospheric blocking can have a significant impact on local agriculture, business and the environment. Although these stagnant weather patterns are often difficult to predict, University of Missouri researchers are now studying whether increasing planet temperatures and carbon dioxide levels could lead to atmospheric blocking and when this blocking might occur, leading to more accurate forecasts. http://phys.org/news185719909.html Space & Earth Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:52:20 EST news185719909 Oceanographers Jim Bishop and Todd Wood of the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have measured the fate of carbon particles originating in plankton blooms in the Southern Ocean, using data that deep-diving Carbon Explorer floats collected around the clock for well over a year. Their study reveals that most of the carbon from lush plankton blooms never reaches the deep ocean. http://phys.org/news160833920.html Space & Earth Wed, 06 May 2009 13:05:59 EST news160833920 (PhysOrg.com) -- The job of one University of Missouri researcher could chill to the bone, but his research could make weather predicting more accurate. Patrick Market, associate professor of atmospheric science in the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, is chasing storms in the dead of winter in order to release weather balloons that will produce data about the little-known phenomenon of thundersnow. http://phys.org/news151077281.html Space & Earth Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:54:41 EST news151077281