Tag: jet stream
Diagnosing ‘warming winter syndrome’ as summerlike heat sweeps into central and...
Richard B. (Ricky) Rood, University of Michigan
One of the most robust measures of Earth’s changing climate is that...
Extreme cold still happens in a warming world – in fact...
Mathew Barlow, UMass Lowell
Extremely cold Arctic air and severe winter weather swept southward into much of the U.S....
Ice storms, January downpours, heavy snow, no snow: Diagnosing ‘warming winter syndrome’
Richard B. (Ricky) Rood, University of Michigan
One of the most robust measures of Earth’s changing climate is that...
What is a heat dome? An atmospheric scientist explains the weather...
William Gallus, Iowa State University
A heat dome occurs when a persistent region of high...
What is a heat dome? An atmospheric scientist explains the weather...
William Gallus, Iowa State University
A heat dome occurs when a persistent region of high pressure traps heat over...
Hurricane-force wind gusts in Colorado, dust storms in Kansas, tornadoes in...
William Gallus, Iowa State University
Extremely powerful winds swept across a large part of the U.S. on Dec. 15,...
Why does it take longer to fly from east to west...
Skip Bailey, University of Nebraska Omaha
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert...
Is warming in the Arctic behind this year’s crazy winter weather?
Jennifer Francis, Rutgers University
Damage from extreme weather events during 2017 racked up the biggest-ever bills for the U.S. Most of these events involved conditions...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
