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Environment Oct 31, 2024

Observatory finds local 1.1 ºC increase in 20 years, twice as much as predicted by climate models

The meteorological data recorded over the past two decades by sensors of the Roque de los Muchachos astronomical observatory facilities point to a rise of 1.1ºC in the average temperature. The analysis, led by UAB researchers, ...

Plants & Animals Oct 28, 2024

Using weather radar to track Australia's migrating birds

For the first time, scientists have used data from weather radar not to track storms, but to count birds as they travel across Australian skies.

Earth Sciences Oct 25, 2024

An analysis of Storm Boris and European flooding during September 2024

Between Friday, 13 and Monday, 16 September 2024, a low-pressure system named Boris brought record-breaking rainfall to central Europe, leading to severe flooding in parts of Austria, Czechia, Slovakia, Poland, Romania and ...

Earth Sciences Oct 9, 2024

New study reveals growing weather extremes in Indo-Pacific region driven by shifts in tropical weather patterns

A recent study published in Nature Geoscience provides groundbreaking insights into long-term changes in tropical weather patterns that are leading to an increased frequency of extreme weather events such as heat waves and ...

Earth Sciences Oct 7, 2024

Arctic ozone reaches record high in positive step for climate

Earth's ozone layer holes over polar regions, where the stratospheric ozone level is significantly depleted, have been a prevalent feature of climate change news in recent decades. Anthropogenic-sourced chlorofluorocarbons ...

Earth Sciences Oct 4, 2024

Research links El Niño to Atlantic weather a year later, could enhance long-range weather forecasting

New research has revealed that the impact of one of the world's most influential global climate patterns is much more far-reaching than originally thought.

Environment Oct 3, 2024

Skiing calls on UN climate science to combat melting future

World skiing's governing body joined forces with the UN's weather agency on Thursday in a bid to feed its meteorological expertise into managing the "existential threat" to winter sports posed by climate change.

Earth Sciences Sep 27, 2024

VXS-1 Squadron continues the mission, tracking potential tropical cyclone

U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Scientific Development Squadron ONE (VXS) 1 takes to the skies to deploy observational buoys in front of Hurricane Helene's projected path on Tuesday, Sept. 24 providing real-time forecasts ...

Environment Sep 26, 2024

Satellite data fusion enhances the early detection of convective clouds

As global warming continues, convective weather events are becoming more frequent. The early stage of these storms, known as convective initiation (CI), can be monitored using geostationary satellites. However, detecting ...

Environment Sep 25, 2024

Climate scientists sound alarm over Asia's rising seas

Immediate action is needed at all levels to protect communities in the Asia Pacific from sea levels that are rising significantly faster than the global average, say climate scientists ahead of the next key UN climate summit.

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