Warming temperatures will potentially alter the climate in Alaska so profoundly later this century that the number of thunderstorms will triple, increasing the risks of widespread flash flooding, landslides, and lightning-induced ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 23, 2021
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New research by a Florida State University geography professor shows that climate change may be playing a key role in the strength and frequency of tornadoes hitting the United States.
Earth Sciences
Aug 6, 2014
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The jet stream influences weather patterns over the northern mid-latitude region, a place most of the world's people call home. Like an atmospheric "steering wheel," the jet stream directs cold fronts and propels warm fronts ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 1, 2016
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This winter's major storms laid down one of the largest snowpacks recorded in California's Sierra Nevada, along with an unusual amount of snow at low mountain elevations.
Earth Sciences
May 25, 2023
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Scientists from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and a dozen other international research institutions have produced the most elaborate set of projections to date that illustrates possible futures ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 29, 2020
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New research from the University of Southampton shows that the winter jet stream over the North Atlantic and Eurasia has increased its average speed by 8% to 132 miles per hour. The jet stream, which this week brought storms ...
Environment
Feb 22, 2022
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Researchers have developed Australia's longest daily temperature record, identifying a decrease in cold extremes and an increase in heatwaves since 1838.
Environment
Jun 4, 2020
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Rao Kotamarthi and Jiali Wang spend their days looking at a future Earth.
Earth Sciences
Mar 3, 2016
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East Asian summer monsoon (EASM) is one of the most dominant climate systems in East Asia. The anomalous EASM can cause extreme high temperatures, floods or drought. And the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), the dominating ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 9, 2017
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"Was there a warm period in the Middle Ages that at least comes close to today's? Answers to such fundamental questions are largely sought from tree ring data," explains lead author Josef Ludescher of the Potsdam Institute ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 10, 2020
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