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May 9, 2024
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May 9, 2024 The Canadian wildfires of June 2023 exposed a large portion of the Northeastern United States to unprecedented levels of smoke. A new model that combines wildfire smoke forecasts and data from ...
May 6, 2024 To preserve the important intertidal areas and salt marshes off our coasts for the future, we need more turbid water. That is one of the striking conclusions from a new ...
May 6, 2024 Drones monitoring fields for weeds and robots targeting and treating crop diseases may sound like science fiction but is actually happening already, at least on some experimental farms. Researchers are working on driving forward the smart ...
May 3, 2024 Anthropologists suggest in a new study that establishing networks of 'sister cities' dedicated to addressing the impact of natural disasters can mitigate the devastation wrought by climate ...
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May 9, 2024 A study showed that about half of those surveyed in the mid-South could not accurately identify a tornado ...
May 2, 2024 Climate change and human activities like deforestation are causing more fires in central and west Africa's wet, tropical forests, according to the first-ever comprehensive survey there. The fires ...
May 3, 2024 Climate change will cause an increase in extreme winter storms combining strong winds and heavy rainfall over the UK and Ireland, new research has ...
Apr. 25, 2024 Interactions between wind turbines could reduce power output by 30% in proposed offshore wind farm areas along the East Coast, new research has found. In all, the farms could still meet 60% of the ...
Apr. 29, 2024 Using aerial imagery data and LiDAR, a study remotely identified the hardest-hit areas of Southwest Florida's Estero Island in the aftermath of ...
Apr. 26, 2024 Researchers have for the first time recorded X-rays being produced at the beginning of upward positive lightning flashes; an observation that gives important insight into the origins of this rare -- ...
Apr. 25, 2024 Dust can have a huge impact on local air quality, food security, energy supply and public health. Previous studies have found that dust levels are decreasing across India, particularly northern ...
Apr. 24, 2024 Many American companies are relying on carbon offsets to reduce their carbon footprint, especially those who have pledged to achieve 'net-zero emissions.' Sequestering carbon in forests is an example ...
Apr. 24, 2024 Researchers have created a coastal evolution model to analyze how coastal management activities on barrier islands, meant to adapt to sea-level rise, ...
Apr. 23, 2024 An assistant professor conducted a study in which he lived among one of the poorest, most marginalized communities in Seoul, South Korea. In the ...
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Apr. 23, 2024 A new study finds that 'sunny day flooding,' which occurs during high tides, increases the levels of fecal bacteria in coastal waters. While the elevated bacteria levels in the coastal ...
Apr. 22, 2024 The study highlights the rapid progress and transformative potential of AI in weather ...
Apr. 22, 2024 Letters written by the famous mountaineer George Mallory have been made available to a global audience for the first time, in the centenary year of his fatal attempt to scale ...
Apr. 19, 2024 Researchers have found that modern weather models can accurately predict the energy that Earth emits and reflects into space, which directly affects the movements of low Earth-orbiting (LEO) ...
Apr. 19, 2024 Climate change will increase the future value of residential rooftop solar panels across the United States by up to 19% by the end of the century, according to a new ...
Apr. 17, 2024 A detailed reconstruction of climate during the most recent ice age, when a large swath of North America was covered in ice, provides information on the relationship between CO2 and global ...
Apr. 17, 2024 Researchers have found that over the last 120 years, the porosity -- or small-scale holes -- in mussel shells along the East Coast of the United States has increased, potentially due to warming ...
Apr. 17, 2024 Even if CO2 emissions were to be drastically cut down starting today, the world economy is already committed to an income reduction of 19% until 2050 due to climate change, a new study finds. These ...
Apr. 17, 2024 The Warm Arctic-Cold Continent (WACC) phenomenon is the puzzling combination of Arctic warming and extreme coldness in specific mid-latitude regions. However, the progression of WACC events remains ...
Apr. 16, 2024 By fueling the growth of plants that become kindling, carbon dioxide is driving an increase in the severity and frequency of wildfires, according to a new ...
Apr. 16, 2024 While most lakes around the world are experiencing shorter durations of ice cover, the length of time that Yellowstone Lake is covered by ice each year has not changed in the past century, possibly ...
Apr. 11, 2024 A study has found that market forces have provided good food price stability over the past half century, despite extreme weather ...
Apr. 9, 2024 A team reveals a clear link between human-driven climate change and the years-long drought currently gripping southern ...
Apr. 9, 2024 Understanding how social media is used during a disaster can help with disaster preparedness and recovery for future ...
Apr. 8, 2024 Researchers have developed a new method to predict the financial impacts climate change will have on agriculture, which can help support food security and financial stability for countries ...
Apr. 5, 2024 The study underscores the crucial role of microbes in maintaining coral reef health, akin to the human gut microbiome. Hurricanes and disease outbreaks affect coral reef water microbial communities, ...
Apr. 4, 2024 A research group was able to measure a spike in radiocarbon concentration of trees in Lapland that occurred after the Carrington flare. This discovery helps to prepare for dangerous solar ...
Apr. 4, 2024 A new study throws cold water on the idea that fans can effectively cool you down during extremely hot weather ...
Apr. 3, 2024 Most Americans report having personally experienced the effects of extreme weather, according to new survey data. An analysis finds that a reported exposure to extreme weather is associated with ...
Apr. 2, 2024 Australia could soon see megadroughts that last for more than 20 years, according to new modelling. The researchers' bleak findings are before factoring in human impact on the climate since the ...
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Monday, April 22, 2024
Friday, April 19, 2024
- Weather Prediction Models Can Also Forecast Satellite Displacements
- Climate Change Will Increase Value of Residential Rooftop Solar Panels Across US, Study Shows
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
- Ice Age Climate Analysis Reduces Worst-Case Warming Expected from Rising CO2
- East Coast Mussel Shells Are Becoming More Porous in Warming Waters
- 38 Trillion Dollars in Damages Each Year: World Economy Already Committed to Income Reduction of 19 % Due to Climate Change
- Paradox of Extreme Cold Events in a Warming World
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
- CO2 Worsens Wildfires by Helping Plants Grow
- Yellowstone Lake Ice Cover Unchanged Despite Warming Climate
Thursday, April 11, 2024
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
- Scientist Helps Link Climate Change to Madagascar's Megadrought
- Research Examines Tweets During Hurricane María to Analyze Social Media Use During Disasters
Monday, April 8, 2024
Friday, April 5, 2024
Thursday, April 4, 2024
- Tracing the Largest Solar Storm in Modern Times from Tree Rings in Lapland
- Fans Are Not a Magic Bullet for Beating the Heat!
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
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Monday, April 1, 2024
Friday, March 29, 2024
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Monday, March 25, 2024
Thursday, March 21, 2024
- A New Way to Quantify Climate Change Impacts: 'Outdoor Days'
- Satellite Data Assimilation Improves Forecasts of Severe Weather
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Monday, March 18, 2024
Friday, March 15, 2024
Thursday, March 14, 2024
- Diverse Habitats Help Salmon Weather Unpredictable Climate Changes
- Tropical Birds Could Tolerate Warming Better Than Expected, Study Suggests
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
- Ready for the Storm: Researchers Analyze Infrastructure, Demographics to See Where Tornadoes Are Most Disruptive
- Drought, Soil Desiccation Cracking, and Carbon Dioxide Emissions: An Overlooked Feedback Loop Exacerbating Climate Change
- Summer Solstice Triggers Synchronized Beech Tree Reproduction Across Europe
Tuesday, March 12, 2024
Monday, March 11, 2024
- India's Water Problems Set to Get Worse as the World Warms
- Study Explores Impacts of Arctic Warming on Daily Weather Patterns in the U.S.
Thursday, March 7, 2024
Monday, March 4, 2024
Saturday, March 2, 2024
- In Wake of Powerful Cyclone, Remarkable Recovery of Pacific Island's Forests
- 2020 Extreme Weather Event That Brought Fires and Snow to Western US
Friday, March 1, 2024
- Researchers Use GPS-Tracked Icebergs in Novel Study to Improve Climate Models
- Hurricanes and Power Grids: Eliminating Large-Scale Outages With a New Approach
Thursday, February 29, 2024
- How Climate Change Risks Increase at a National Scale as the Level of Global Warming Increases
- Researchers Are First to See at-Risk Bat Flying Over Open Ocean
Wednesday, February 28, 2024
- Climate Change Threatens Thousands of Archaeological Sites in Coastal Georgia
- Study Finds Drought Fuels Invasive Species After Wildfires
Sunday, February 25, 2024
Thursday, February 22, 2024
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Monday, February 5, 2024
Wednesday, January 31, 2024
- Unprecedented Ocean Heating Shows Risks of a World 3°C Warmer
- Fungal-Rich Soil May Improve Green Roofs
- Death Toll Shows Extreme Air Pollution Events a Growing Urban Threat
Monday, January 29, 2024
Thursday, January 25, 2024
Wednesday, January 24, 2024
- Self-Powered Movable Seawall for Tsunami Protection and Emergency Power Generation
- Global Warming Has a Bigger Effect on Compact, Fast-Moving Typhoons
- Paper Provides a Clearer Picture of Severe Hydro Hazards
- New Tool Predicts Flood Risk from Hurricanes in a Warming Climate
Tuesday, January 23, 2024
Friday, January 19, 2024
Thursday, January 18, 2024
Wednesday, January 17, 2024
Saturday, January 13, 2024
Thursday, January 11, 2024
- Thermal Vision Shows Endangered Numbats Feel the Heat of Warming Climate
- Record Heat in 2023 Worsened Global Droughts, Floods and Wildfires
Wednesday, January 10, 2024
Monday, January 8, 2024
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Friday, December 29, 2023
Thursday, December 21, 2023
- Finding New Ways to Adapt to a Growing Weather Threat
- Scientists Uncover Link Between the Ocean's Weather and Global Climate
Tuesday, December 19, 2023
- Genetic Sequencing Uncovers Unexpected Source of Pathogens in Floodwaters
- Snowflakes Swirling in Turbulent Air as They Fall Through a Laser Light Sheet
Friday, December 15, 2023
- Understanding Atmospheric Flash Droughts in the Caribbean
- Positive Tipping Points Must Be Triggered to Solve Climate Crisis
Thursday, December 14, 2023
- Disadvantaged People Wait Significantly Longer for Power Restoration After Major Storms, Research Shows
- U.S. Renters Are Hit the Hardest When a Hurricane Strikes, New Research Shows
Wednesday, December 13, 2023
- Pacific Northwest Snowpack Endangered by Increasing Spring Heatwaves
- Highly Resolved Precipitation Maps Based on AI
- Study Overturns Conventional Wisdom About Wild Turkey Nesting Survival
Tuesday, December 12, 2023
- Twenty-Year Study Confirms California Forests Are Healthier When Burned -- Or Thinned
- How a Drought Led to the Rise of Skateboarding in 1970s California
Monday, December 11, 2023
- 'Energy Droughts' In Wind and Solar Can Last Nearly a Week
- Rail Industry Urged to Consider Safety Risks of Space Weather
Friday, December 8, 2023
Thursday, December 7, 2023
Monday, December 4, 2023
- New Study Identifies the Greatest Threat to Wildlife Across North America and Canada: People
- Artificial Light Is Luring Birds to Cities and Sometimes to Their Deaths
Friday, December 1, 2023
Wednesday, November 29, 2023
- Being Prepared for Storm Surges on the Baltic Sea Coast
- 600 Years of Tree Rings Reveal Climate Risks in California