“Beast From the East” – Snow Chaos in Europe Caused by Melting Sea-Ice in the Arctic
The April snow falling on fruit blossoms in Europe these days may be directly connected to the loss of the sea ice in the Barents…
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Climate Change Is Making Indian Monsoon Seasons More Chaotic – Potentially Grave Consequences for Agriculture and Economy
If global warming continues unchecked, summer monsoon rainfall in India will become stronger and more erratic. This is the central finding of an analysis by…
Cyclone Seroja Slams Australia, Causing Significant Damage to Coastal Towns
The category three cyclone made a rare landfall in Western Australia, causing significant damage to coastal towns. On April 11, 2021, a category three storm…
Droughts Lasted Longer and Rainfall Was More Erratic Over the Last 50 Years in Most of the West
Dry periods between rainstorms have become longer and annual rainfall has become more erratic across most of the western United States during the past 50…
Lightning Strikes Will More Than Double in Arctic As Climate Warms, Driving Increased Wildfires and Warming
University of California, Irvine-led team reports that an increase in lightning will drive both wildfires and warming above Arctic Circle. In 2019, the National Weather…
Western U.S. Drought Conditions Continue in Spring 2021 – And It’s Expected to Worsen
The western United States is currently experiencing moderate to severe drought, and it is expected to worsen in upcoming months. Almost half of the United…
Deadly Heat Waves Will Soon Be Common in South Asia, Even at 1.5 Degrees of Global Warming
People living in South Asia already experience potentially deadly heat waves, but these events will likely become more commonplace in the coming decades even if…
Fisherman at Risk in “Perfect Storm” – Forced to Choose Between Safety and Income
Stormier weather will increasingly force fishers to choose between their safety and income, researchers say. Climate change is causing more extreme weather in many locations….
Record Floods in Australia Mapped From Space
Stretches of land across New South Wales, Australia, have been hit with torrential rain leading to record-breaking floods. The heavy rainfall has caused dams to…
Does COVID-19 Have Seasons? An Update With the Latest From the World Meteorological Organization
According to a new report from the World Meteorological Organization, seasonal weather conditions have not yet played a large role in influencing the spread of…
Social Network Inspired Algorithms Reveal Lifecycle of Auroral 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 media ‘If you like this…
Freezing Fragmentation – Explosive Origins of “Secondary” Ice and Snow
Definitive, real-world evidence for “freezing fragmentation” of drizzle as a major source of ice in slightly supercooled clouds has important implications for forecasting weather and…
NOAA Climate Report Shows Earth Had Its Coolest February on Record Since 2014
But in the Northern Hemisphere, the winter season ranked among the top-10 warmest. February 2021 was the planet’s coolest February in seven years due to…
Lightning Strikes Played a Vital Role – Just As Important as Meteorites – in Life’s Origins on Earth
Lightning strikes were just as important as meteorites in creating the perfect conditions for life to emerge on Earth, geologists say. Minerals delivered to Earth…
Devourer of Storms: Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Feeds on Smaller Storms
The massive storm near the gas giant’s equator has been shrinking, but collisions with a series of anticyclones are likely only surface deep. The stormy,…
Massive Plume of Sand and Dust Has Blanketed Northern China
Early Season Dust Storm Hits Beijing Meteorological spring is just getting underway, and already an enormous plume of sand and dust has blanketed northern China….
Lightning Strikes – Perhaps 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 of Them – May Have Sparked Life on Earth
Lightning strikes — perhaps a quintillion of them, occurring over a billion years — may have provided sparks of life for the early Earth. A…
NASA Super Soaker Rocket Launches Reveal Water Vapor Effect in Upper Atmosphere
Results of a 2018 multirocket launch at Poker Flat Research Range north of Fairbanks will help scientists better understand the impact of more water vapor…