Tag: precipitation
What is lake-effect snow? A climate scientist explains
Michael A. Rawlins, UMass Amherst
It’s hard for most people to imagine more than 5 feet of snow in...
58% of human infectious diseases can be worsened by climate change...
Tristan McKenzie, University of Gothenburg; Camilo Mora, University of Hawaii, and Hannah von Hammerstein, University of Hawaii
Climate change...
What’s the record for how long it’s ever rained without stopping?
Lynn McMurdie, University of Washington and Joe Boomgard-Zagrodnik, Washington State University
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have...
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...
Warming is clearly visible in new US ‘climate normal’ datasets
Russ Schumacher, Colorado State University and Becky Bolinger, Colorado State University
Anyone who listens to weather reports has heard...
EXPLORING NATURE
3 years after the Marshall Fire: Wildfire smoke’s health risks can...
Colleen E. Reid, University of Colorado Boulder
Three years ago, on Dec. 30, 2021, a wind-driven wildfire raced through...
