In a new study, researchers at Leipzig University have identified a major cause of the unusually severe summer soil drying and rising temperatures across Europe. They found that much of the trend can be attributed to changes ...
A summer beach day in Oregon often involves a cool, gray blanket of fog that not only shapes the experience of beachgoers but also affects the coastal and inland environment. Now, commercially available surfing webcams are ...
Another week of blistering heat will bring even more health risks in the coming days, as overnight temperatures won't provide much relief.
Typhoon Bavi was downgraded to a severe tropical storm Sunday after making landfall in eastern China, where authorities had evacuated nearly 2 million people in its path.
What happens when weather forecasts do not match reality? How does the public emotionally respond when a disaster unfolds differently from what they expected? A research team led by Professor Jonghun Kam and Kiru Kim from ...
China and the southern United States were hit last year by some of their worst sand and dust storms in decades, the United Nations said Friday.
Cities are often described as "heat islands," with media reports warning that some neighborhoods can be 20° F (7° C) hotter than others. But those temperatures are often based on satellite data rather than the conditions ...
For 15 years, a Lufthansa Airbus A340-300 has been carrying not only passengers around the world but also a piece of research from Jülich. On July 8, 2011, the aircraft with the registration D-AIGT took off for the first ...
For U.S. coastal residents, storm surge is among the deadliest hurricane hazards, causing catastrophic property damage and loss of life, and scientists expect tropical storms to grow more intense. During Hurricane Ian in ...
A "super typhoon" with the force of a Category 5 hurricane tore through the U.S. Pacific territories of the Northern Marianas and Guam on Monday, with authorities saying they had received reports of "major" damage on the ...
