Tag: weather
Epic snow from all those atmospheric rivers in the West is...
Chad Hecht, University of California, San Diego
To get a sense of the enormous amount of water atmospheric rivers...
Fiona hits Atlantic Canada: Climate change means the region will see...
Ryan P. Mulligan, Queen's University, Ontario
Atlantic Canada has been left reeling from the impacts of one of the...
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...
How the Earth’s tilt creates short, cold January days
Deanna Hence, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Above the equator, winter officially begins in December. But in many areas,...
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...
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,...
What is chaos? A complex systems scientist explains
Mitchell Newberry, University of Michigan
Chaos evokes images of the dinosaurs running wild in Jurassic Park, or my friend’s...
Wildfire burn scars can intensify and even create thunderstorms that lead...
William R. Cotton, Colorado State University
Wildfires burn millions of acres of land every year, leaving changed landscapes that...
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the...
Jonathan Levy, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, University of Washington; Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Vijay Limaye, University of Wisconsin-Madison
