Record UK rainfall in winter 2013-14 caused by tropics, stratosphere and climate warming
New research has revealed the causes of the UK's record rainfall and subsequent flooding during the 2013-14 winter.
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New research leverages big data to predict severe weather
Every year, severe weather endangers millions of people and causes billions of dollars in damage worldwide. But new research from Penn State's College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST) and AccuWeather has found ...
Role aerosols play in climate change unlocked by spectacular Icelandic volcanic eruption
A spectacular six-month Icelandic lava field eruption could provide the crucial key for scientists to unlock the role aerosols play in climate change, through their interactions with clouds.
Scientists solve mystery of unexplained 'bright nights'
Dating back to the first century, scientists, philosophers and reporters have noted the occasional occurrence of "bright nights," when an unexplained glow in the night sky lets observers see distant mountains, read a newspaper ...
Bacteria samples collected in Antarctica a century ago nearly identical to present day samples
(Phys.org)—A pair of researchers with the Natural History Museum of London and the University of Waikato have found that bacteria living in a part of Antarctica have not changed much over the past century. In their paper ...
Measuring biological dust in the wind
In the popular children's story "Horton Hears a Who!" author Dr. Seuss tells of a gentle and protective elephant who stumbles upon a speck of dust that harbors a community of microscopic creatures called the Whos living the ...
Researchers find clouds filled with 'ice-lollies'
On sunny days like this, a cloud full of ice-lollies sounds like the ultimate treat and researchers from the University of Manchester have discovered such clouds, twice.
Wet and stormy weather lashed California coast... 8,200 years ago
The weather report for California 8,200 years ago was exceptionally wet and stormy.
Volcanic eruptions triggered dawn of the dinosaurs
Huge pulses of volcanic activity are likely to have played a key role in triggering the end Triassic mass extinction, which set the scene for the rise and age of the dinosaurs, new Oxford University research has found.
Chemistry of sea spray particles linked for first time to formation process
A team of researchers led by the University of California San Diego has identified for the first time what drives the observed differences in the chemical make-up of sea spray particles ejected from the ocean by breaking ...
