Farmers face a soaring risk of flash droughts in every major food-growing region in coming decades, new research shows
Flash droughts develop fast, and when they hit at the wrong time, they can devastate a region's agriculture.
Flash droughts develop fast, and when they hit at the wrong time, they can devastate a region's agriculture.
Earth Sciences
May 26, 2023
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When the dust that wafts off the Sahel and Sahara regions of Africa mixes with tropical clouds, it creates what's known as a rainy "disturbance" in the eastern Atlantic. These disturbances are hurricanes in their youngest ...
Earth Sciences
May 25, 2023
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Machine learning technology that can recognize human faces may also help to improve weather forecasts, according to a team of scientists.
Earth Sciences
May 24, 2023
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NASA has selected a new mission to help humanity better understand Earth's dynamic atmosphere—specifically, ice clouds that form at high altitudes throughout tropical and sub-tropical regions. The PolSIR instrument—short ...
Planetary Sciences
May 23, 2023
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In the next upgrade of ECMWF's Integrated Forecasting System (IFS), extended-range forecasts will have 101 instead of 51 ensemble members and will run more frequently than before, at a consistent horizontal resolution of ...
Environment
May 19, 2023
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Satellites launched into outer space could send back improved warnings of dangerous solar storms thanks to a breakthrough in the way scientists use space weather measurements.
Planetary Sciences
May 18, 2023
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Europe's latest weather satellite, the Meteosat Third Generation Imager, has just delivered its first view of Earth—revealing conditions over Europe, Africa and the Atlantic in remarkable detail.
Planetary Sciences
May 4, 2023
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GOES-U, the fourth and final satellite in NOAA's GOES-R Series, recently completed a successful test deployment of its solar array to ensure it will function properly in space.
Space Exploration
May 4, 2023
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This week, eclipse chasers will be visiting the small town of Exmouth, at the tip of North West Cape in Western Australia. Weather permitting, they are coming to see one of nature's greatest sights—a total eclipse of the ...
Astronomy
Apr 18, 2023
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On 30 April 2023, all nominal operations of Aeolus, the first mission to observe Earth's wind profiles on a global scale, will conclude in preparation for a series of end of life activities.
Planetary Sciences
Apr 18, 2023
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