Why forecasting snow is so difficult in the UK
Cold winter weather in the UK almost always brings with it talk of snow.
Environment
Jan 24, 2023
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News tagged with heavy precipitation
Cyclone churns off California bringing yet more storm misery
An enormous cyclone gyrating off California's coast was dumping rain Wednesday, threatening further floods and landslides in the already sodden state.
Environment
Jan 11, 2023
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New visualization tool helps weather forecasters and researchers more easily identify and study bands of heavy snow
Predicting snowfall from winter storms is tricky, in no small part because heavy snow and regions of mixed precipitation look very similar in weather radar imagery. Mixed precipitation falls as a blend of rain, freezing rain, ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 1, 2022
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NASA study finds climate extremes affect landslides in surprising ways
Climate change is driving more volatile precipitation patterns around the world—very dry stretches punctuated by storms that drop large amounts of rain or snow in a short amount of time. While wetter and drier spells may ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 5, 2022
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Scientists urge top publisher to withdraw faulty climate study
A fundamentally flawed study claiming that scientific evidence of a climate crisis is lacking should be withdrawn from the peer-reviewed journal in which it was published, top climate scientists have told AFP.
Earth Sciences
Sep 27, 2022
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Northeastern farmers face new challenges with severe drought
Vermont farmer Brian Kemp is used to seeing the pastures at Mountain Meadows Farm grow slower in the hot, late summer, but this year the grass is at a standstill.
Environment
Aug 15, 2022
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More evidence that California weather is trending toward extremes
A team led by Kristen Guirguis, a climate researcher at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, found evidence that the risk of hazardous weather is increasing in the Southwest.
Environment
Aug 12, 2022
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'Shouting distance': That's how close the Inflation Reduction Act would get US to its climate goals
Fires, heat waves, floods—the reality of climate change is front and center for millions of Americans. Yet among the downbeat of climate-related disasters, some hopeful news rang out last week with Democrats' surprise announcement ...
Environment
Aug 5, 2022
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Risk of lower groundwater levels in northern Sweden with a warmer climate
When the winters get warmer in northern Sweden, there is a risk for groundwater level decline, despite heavy precipitation. The villain in this story is lingering ground frost that prevents snow meltwater and rain from filling ...
Environment
May 2, 2022
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Scientists reveal evolutions and mechanisms of extreme precipitation along the Yangtze River during summer 2020
Record-breaking, persistent, and sometimes heavy precipitation fell throughout the Yangtze River Valley (YRV) during June-July 2020. According to Prof. Tim Li, an Atmospheric Scientist at the School of Ocean and Earth Science ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 11, 2022
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