Tag: Heat wave
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...
Grim 2022 drought outlook for Western US offers warnings for the...
Imtiaz Rangwala, University of Colorado Boulder
Much of the western U.S. has been in the grip of an unrelenting...
Ocean heat is at record levels, with major consequences
Kevin Trenberth, University of Auckland
The world witnessed record-breaking climate and weather disasters in 2021, from destructive flash floods...
2021’s climate disasters revealed an east-west weather divide, with one side...
Shuang-Ye Wu, University of Dayton
Alongside a lingering global pandemic, the year 2021 was filled with climate disasters, some...
Evacuations ordered as a powerful storm heads for California’s wildfire burn...
Amir AghaKouchak, University of California, Irvine
Officials issued evacuation orders for people living downhill from several of California’s wildfire...
When hotter and drier means more – but eventually less –...
Maureen C Kennedy, University of Washington; Don McKenzie, University of Washington, and Jeremy Littell, US Geological Survey
There is...
Coral reef scientists raise alarm as climate change decimates ocean ecosystems...
Sam Purkis, University of Miami
The Chagos Archipelago is one of the most remote, seemingly idyllic places on Earth....
Lighter pavement really does cool cities when it’s done right
Hessam AzariJafari, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Randolph E. Kirchain, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
When heat waves hit, people...
EXPLORING NATURE
Children can be systematic problem-solvers at younger ages than psychologists had...
Celeste Kidd, University of California, Berkeley
I’m in a coffee shop when a young child dumps out his mother’s...
