Deadly heat waves will be common in South Asia, even at 1.5 degrees of warming
People living in South Asia already experience potentially deadly heat waves, but these events will likely become more commonplace in ...
Tag: Weather/Storms
Sea-level rise in 20th century was fastest in 2,000 years along much of East Coast
Global increase from melting ice and warming oceans is most significant change since 1800Credit: Jennifer S. Walker, Rutgers University The ...
Algorithms inspired by social networks reveal lifecycle of substorms, a key element of space weather
Evolution of auroral substorms revealed by physicists at University of Warwick using the same methods that link people through social ...
Lightning strikes played a vital role in life’s origins on Earth
Credit: Lucy Entwisle Lightning strikes were just as important as meteorites in creating the perfect conditions for life to emerge ...
Zealandia Switch may be the missing link in understanding ice age climates
Credit: Photo courtesy of Aaron Putnam Orono, Maine -- The origins of ice age climate changes may lie in the ...
Fishers at risk in ‘perfect storm’
Credit: Laurence Hartwell Stormier weather will increasingly force fishers to choose between their safety and income, researchers say. Climate change ...
Field study shows icing can cost wind turbines up to 80% of power production
Credit: Photo courtesy of Hui Hu/Iowa State University AMES, Iowa - Wind turbine blades spinning through cold, wet conditions can ...
‘Best case’ goals for climate warming which could still result in massive wildfire risk
A seemingly small difference in global warming levels could greatly impact wildfires worldwide, researchers have foundCredit: Pexels Under the 2015 ...
Getting ahead of climate change
Earth observation data could help the humanitarian community reduce the destruction of natural disastersCredit: Nauman et al. As climate change ...
Traditional hydrologic models may misidentify snow as rain, new citizen science data shows
Tahoe Rain or Snow weather spotters help reduce inaccuracies in estimating precipitation in the Sierra NevadaCredit: Desert Research Institute Reno, ...
New study on the forecasting of extreme rainfall events in Mediterranean countries
Researchers at the European Center for Medium-range Weather Forecasts and TU Freiberg develop a framework to better predict extreme rainfall ...
Early Indian monsoon forecasts could benefit farmers
Seasonal forecasts for Indian summer monsoon accurate in India's major agricultural regionsCredit: Amulya Chevuturi/University of Reading Farmers in India should ...
Variable weather makes weeds harder to whack
Credit: Lauren D. Quinn, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - From flooded spring fields to summer hailstorms and drought, farmers ...
Arctic stew: Understanding how high-latitude lakes respond to and affect climate change
Credit: Paul Sibley To arrive at Nunavut, turn left at the Dakotas and head north. You can't miss it--the vast ...
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