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Ecology Mar 20, 2024

Q&A: British champagne production overtaking French? How the shifting seasons are playing havoc with our crops

Spring equinox is fast approaching, on 20 March, but the changing seasons are playing havoc with UK wildlife and crops. This comes after England and Wales had their warmest Februarys on record, according to the Met Office.

Earth Sciences Mar 20, 2024

Detecting heavy precipitation events directly with GPS data

An exceptionally severe storm swept over Zurich on 13 July 2021 shortly before 2 a.m., with howling squalls, constant lightning and torrential rain that awakened people with a start.

Earth Sciences Mar 17, 2024

Greenland Ice Sheet motion minimally impacted by late-season melting, study finds

Ice melting has become an ever-pressing concern in recent decades as climate change has brought evocative images of lone polar bears floating on unsustainable small blocks of sea ice. Yet, the consequences are far-reaching ...

Earth Sciences Mar 15, 2024

Meteorology research: Weak polar vortex makes weather more predictable

Events in the stratosphere are making long-range weather in Northern Europe easier to forecast, researchers at LMU have discovered.

Earth Sciences Mar 14, 2024

Advances and challenges in understanding compound weather and climate extremes

In the context of global warming, many extremes, such as heat waves, heavy precipitation, and droughts, have become increasingly frequent and intense, as expected theoretically. Somewhat unexpectedly, these extremes have ...

Environment Mar 13, 2024

Pacific Islanders have long drawn wisdom from the Earth, the sky and the waves—the science backs them up

One afternoon last year, we sat in a village hall in Fiji chatting to residents about traditional ways of forecasting tropical cyclones. One man mentioned a black-winged storm bird known as "manumanunicagi" that glides above ...

General Physics Mar 12, 2024

You didn't see it coming: New research shows turbulent flows can be caused by minute triggers

We experience turbulence every day: a gust of wind, water gushing down a river, or mid-flight bumps on an airplane.

Earth Sciences Mar 11, 2024

Study explores impacts of Arctic warming on daily weather patterns in the US

Arctic sea ice is shrinking as the world continues to warm, and a new study led by researchers at Penn State may provide a better understanding of how the loss of this ice may impact daily weather in the middle latitudes, ...

Earth Sciences Mar 6, 2024

Ever heard of the Maritime Continent? It's not far from Australia—and channels heat around the world

Africa, Asia, Australia, Antarctica, North and South America, Europe—and the Maritime Continent.

Environment Mar 4, 2024

Video: Great Lakes ice hits historic low

For the second consecutive year, ice cover on the Great Lakes remains significantly below average for this time of year, which typically sees the peak of ice cover at levels around 53%. As of February 11, total ice coverage ...

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