Extreme storms could help protect beaches from sea level rise, new study finds
Images in the wake of violent coastal storms usually focus purely on the extensive damage caused to beaches, dunes, property, ...
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Study develops framework for forecasting contribution of snowpack to flood risk during winter storms
Reno, Nev. (May 3, 2022) – In the Sierra Nevada, midwinter “rain-on-snow” events occur when rain falls onto existing snowpack ...
New portal improves forecasts of devastating storms in West Africa
An online portal developed by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) will enable forecasters in West Africa to ...
Bay Area storms get wetter in a warming world
The December 2014 North American Storm Complex was a powerful winter storm, referred to by some as California's "Storm of the ...
UAF researcher part of team that proves Mercury has magnetic storms
An international team of scientists has proved that Mercury, our solar system’s smallest planet, has geomagnetic storms similar to those ...
Classifying weather to tease out how aerosols influence storms
A new study used artificial intelligence to analyze 10 years of weather data collected over southeastern Texas to identify three ...
Predicting and preparing for the impact of approaching storms
Newcastle University research is helping to prepare for and mitigate storm damage before extreme weather occurs. Climate experts and engineers ...
Southern Ocean storms cause outgassing of carbon dioxide
Storms over the waters around Antarctica drive an outgassing of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, according to a new international ...
Cities boosted rain, sent storms to the suburbs during Europe’s deadly summer floods
When it comes to extreme weather, climate change usually gets all the attention. But according to a study from The ...
Scientists solve mystery of icy plumes that may foretell deadly supercell storms
When a cloudy plume of ice and water vapor billows up above the top of a severe thunderstorm, there’s a ...