News tagged with extreme storm

Regional models expect drier, stormier western United States

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 ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 31, 2012 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Climate: which nations, cities most at risk?

A third of humanity, mostly in Africa and South Asia, face the biggest risks from climate change but rich nations in northern Europe will be least exposed, according to a report released Wednesday.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 26, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 19

La Nina may dampen fall leaf colors

(PhysOrg.com) -- The weather in Pennsylvania this year won't soon be forgotten -- one of the wettest springs ever, followed by a record-breaking dry heat wave in July, followed by the remnants of a hurricane ...

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 29, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

NASA sees the sun having a solar blast (w/ video)

The Sun unleashed an M-2 (medium-sized) solar flare, an S1-class (minor) radiation storm and a spectacular coronal mass ejection (CME) on June 7, 2011 from sunspot complex 1226-1227. The large cloud of particles ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jun 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Dutch help California's Bay Area plan for sea level rise

How to plan for sea level rise, a still-abstract concept for many Californians, drew serious consideration from engineers, designers and urban planners from Holland and the U.S. at a symposium held on Monday.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity 1.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

TRMM satellite captures rainfall from 2 typhoons that soaked Philippines

Within a week's time, the northern Philippines were hit by two tropical cyclones that left behind more than 42 inches of rainfall to various areas, and NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Floods to become commonplace by 2080

Flooding like that which devastated the North of England last year is set to become a common event across the UK in the next 75 years, new research has shown.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 08, 2009 | popularity 2.4 / 5 (16) | comments 11