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Earth Sciences Nov 10, 2022

What is a subtropical storm and how is it different from a tropical or extratropical system?

A subtropical storm is what's known to forecasters as a "hybrid" storm, a meteorological mashup of a tropical and "extratropical" storm.

Environment Nov 7, 2022

The last eight years are on track to be the warmest on record, even with a triple dip La Niña

The past eight years are on track to be the eight warmest on record, fueled by ever-rising greenhouse gas concentrations and accumulated heat. Extreme heat waves, drought and devastating flooding have affected millions and ...

Environment Nov 4, 2022

Europe is warming at twice the rate of the rest of the world

Temperatures in Europe have increased at more than twice the global average over the past 30 years—the highest of any continent in the world. As the warming trend continues, exceptional heat, wildfires, floods and other climate ...

Environment Nov 2, 2022

Floods wash away salt industry and tourism at Senegal's 'Pink Lake'

Maguette Ndiour stands on the edge of Senegal's Lake Retba, famous for its pink-hued waters, and points to a mound of salt slowly being shovelled into bags by men toiling under the hot midday sun.

Environment Oct 26, 2022

UN weather agency: Greenhouse gases reach new record in 2021

The three main greenhouse gases hit record high levels in the atmosphere last year, the U.N. weather agency said Wednesday, calling it an "ominous" sign as war in Ukraine, rising costs of food and fuel, and other worries ...

Environment Oct 20, 2022

Farm floods will hit food supplies and drive up prices. Farmers need help to adapt as weather extremes worsen

Some of Victoria's most important agricultural regions are among the areas worst hit by severe floods inundating the state this week.

Planetary Sciences Oct 18, 2022

Europe's all-new weather satellite arrives at launch site

After a two-week voyage across the Atlantic Ocean, the ship transporting the first Meteosat Third Generation satellite docked at Pariacabo in French Guiana and the precious cargo unloaded. Now safe and sound in one of the ...

Earth Sciences Oct 7, 2022

The wild weather of La Niña could wipe out vast stretches of Australia's beaches and sand dunes

Australians along the east cost are bracing for yet another round of heavy rainfall this weekend, after a band of stormy weather soaked most of the continent this week.

Environment Sep 25, 2022

Super Typhoon Noru barrels towards Philippines

A super typhoon charged towards the Philippines Sunday and was on track to slam into the heavily populated main island of Luzon, forcing the evacuations of vulnerable communities on the coast and in Manila, authorities said.

Environment Sep 23, 2022

New research backs improved translations of weather forecasts for US Spanish speakers

New social science research published online today in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society shows that the Spanish words currently used by NOAA's National Weather Service and the Federal Emergency Management ...

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