Jet stream not getting 'wavier' despite Arctic warming
Rapid Arctic warming has not led to a "wavier" jet stream around the mid-latitudes in recent decades, pioneering new research has shown.
Rapid Arctic warming has not led to a "wavier" jet stream around the mid-latitudes in recent decades, pioneering new research has shown.
Earth Sciences
Feb 19, 2020
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As worldwide temperatures rise and the earth sees extreme weather conditions in both summer and winter, a team of researchers with the University of Florida and Kansas State University have found that that there is potential ...
Evolution
Apr 9, 2015
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An enormous volcanic eruption would not necessarily plunge the world into a new societal crisis, according to a new study of the biggest eruption of the last millennium published in Nature Geoscience.
Earth Sciences
Jan 24, 2017
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Think it's been unusually windy on the Front Range this spring? You're right.
Environment
May 13, 2022
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Weather extremes caused by climate change could raise the risk of food shortages in many countries, new research suggests.
Environment
Apr 1, 2018
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Global warming is driving an unprecedented rise in sea temperatures including in the Mediterranean, according to a major new report published by the peer-reviewed Journal of Operational Oceanography.
Earth Sciences
Oct 2, 2020
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Higher levels of air pollution reduced the frequency of North Atlantic hurricanes and other tropical storms for most of the 20th century, a study said Sunday.
Earth Sciences
Jun 23, 2013
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Farmers in the United States witnessed record-breaking extremes in temperature and drought during the last two summers, causing worldwide increases in the costs of food, feed and fiber. Indeed, many climate scientists caution ...
Biotechnology
Jul 1, 2013
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(AP) -- Nigeria launched two observation satellites into orbit Wednesday, and authorities said they hoped to use the equipment to monitor weather in a region seasonally ravaged by disasters.
Space Exploration
Aug 17, 2011
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Powerful storms that cause extreme weather conditions such as flooding across Europe and North America, with the potential to wreak social and economic havoc, could increase threefold by the end of the 21st century due to ...
Environment
Nov 26, 2018
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