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Environment Feb 29, 2024

After intense predictions, what happened to El Niño?

After many predictions, on September 19, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology formally announced an El Niño for the summer of 2023/2024, several months after it had been declared by other international meteorological agencies.

Earth Sciences Feb 28, 2024

Where does lightning strike? New maps pinpoint 36.8 million yearly ground strike points in unprecedented detail

It's been a warm day, maybe even a little humid, and the tall clouds in the distance remind you of cauliflower. You hear a sharp crack, like the sound of a batter hitting a home run, or a low rumble reminiscent of a truck ...

Environment Feb 28, 2024

Vietnam's 'rice bowl' cracks in monster heat wave

Southern Vietnam, including business hub Ho Chi Minh City and its "rice bowl" Mekong Delta region, suffered an unusually long heat wave in February, weather officials said Wednesday.

Environment Feb 23, 2024

Scientists improve timing of fog warnings by detecting changes in atmospheric electric field

A foggy day in London town just got even more predictable. Scientists have discovered how to increase early warnings for fog, from around half an hour to up to two hours before it happens, by detecting changes in the atmospheric ...

Earth Sciences Feb 21, 2024

Meteorologist explains how climate change will affect the back-and-forth La Niña, El Niño weather patterns

This is a simple question with perhaps not so simple an answer.

Environment Feb 7, 2024

New UN weather agency chief says rate of global warming is speeding up

The new chief of the World Meteorological Organization said it looks to her that the rate of human-caused climate change is accelerating and that warming has triggered more Arctic cold outbreaks in North America and Europe, ...

Environment Feb 6, 2024

2023: A year of climate extremes

The year 2023 was full of climate extremes. The global average temperature this year was 1.48 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial average. At the same time, there were exceptional heat waves and droughts, extreme storms ...

Biotechnology Feb 6, 2024

Beam me up: Using lasers to detect moth migrations

The year is 1941. The British military is installing new-age radar systems to detect German aircraft bound for Great Britain, intent on destruction. Fast forward to 2024. Researchers at North Carolina State University are ...

Environment Feb 6, 2024

El Nino brings hunger, drought fears to Madagascar

In a small village in southern Madagascar, dozens of women shelter from the scorching sun under a tree as they wait to weigh their children.

Environment Feb 6, 2024

Q&A: Extreme weather is necessitating a shift in humanitarian action

Andrew Kruczkiewicz has spent much of his career trying to get ahead of the weather. As a meteorologist and senior staff researcher at the Columbia Climate School, Kruczkiewicz's current research focuses on extreme weather ...

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