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UrduHail severity may increase in most regions of the world while Australia and Europe are expected to experience more hailstorms as a result of climate change, an international review led by a UNSW Sydney researcher has found.
Tag: WEATHER/STORMS
Probing wet fire smoke in clouds: can water intensify the earth’s warming?
One-of-a-kind instrument measures humidity’s effects on smoke, filling a key data gap in predicting the scale and long-term impact of fire
Climate change significantly increases population displacement risk
Every year, millions of people around the world are displaced from their homes due to severe weather caused by climate change. According to the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, 10.3 million people were displaced as a result of…
Deadly heat waves will be common in South Asia, even at 1.5 degrees of warming
People living in South Asia already experience potentially deadly heat waves, but these events will likely become more commonplace in the coming decades even if global warming is limited to the 1.5 degrees Celsius
Algorithms inspired by social networks reveal lifecycle of substorms, a key element of space weather
Evolution of auroral substorms revealed by physicists at University of Warwick using the same methods that link people through social media
Sea-level rise in 20th century was fastest in 2,000 years along much of East Coast
Global increase from melting ice and warming oceans is most significant change since 1800
Explosive origins of ‘secondary’ ice–and snow
Definitive, real-world evidence for “freezing fragmentation” of drizzle as a major source of ice in slightly supercooled clouds has important implications for forecasting weather and climate
Taking a look at the last millennium shows: Droughts in Germany could become more extreme
In the future, droughts could be even more severe than those that struck parts of Germany in 2018. An analysis of climate data from the last millennium shows that several factors have to coincide to produce a megadrought: not only…
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot feeds on smaller storms
The massive storm near the gas giant’s equator has been shrinking, but collisions with a series of anticyclones are likely only surface deep
Researchers discover intact plant fossils beneath Greenland’s ice sheet for the first time
For the first time ever, researchers have found fossils under Greenland’s ice sheet that are so large and well preserved that they can be seen with the naked eye.
Zealandia Switch may be the missing link in understanding ice age climates
Orono, Maine — The origins of ice age climate changes may lie in the Southern Hemisphere, where interactions among the westerly wind system, the Southern Ocean and the tropical Pacific can trigger rapid, global changes in atmospheric temperature, according to…
The secrets of the best rainbows on Earth
Rainbows are some of the most spectacular optical phenomena in the natural world and Hawai’i has an amazing abundance of them.
The world’s oldest crater from a meteorite isn’t an impact crater after all
Several years after scientists discovered what was considered the oldest crater a meteorite made on the planet, another team found it’s actually the result of normal geological processes. During fieldwork at the Archean Maniitsoq structure in Greenland, an international team…
Data delivery system: The CMCC platform for obtaining and sharing climate data
Temperature, precipitation, ocean salinity, evapotranspiration, indicators: climate data relates not only to observations that represent our climate system in a specific location and time, but also to numerical models that simulate the climate of the past and the future. Data…
Breaking waves and moisture transport drive extreme precipitation events
MUNICH — Around the world each year, extreme precipitation events cause catastrophic flooding that results in tragic loss of life and costly damage to infrastructure and property. However, a variety of different weather systems can cause these extreme events, so…
Tropical cyclone exposure linked to rise in hospitalizations from many causes for older adults
Hurricane-force winds doubled respiratory disease hospitalizations the day after exposure
Northern Hemisphere summers may last nearly half the year by 2100
WASHINGTON–Without efforts to mitigate climate change, summers spanning nearly six months may become the new normal by 2100 in the Northern Hemisphere, according to a new study. The change would likely have far-reaching impacts on agriculture, human health and the…
Fine particulate matter from wildfire smoke more harmful than pollution from other sources
Researchers call for revisions to air-quality monitoring guidelines to consider the sources of emissions
Coastal changes worsen nuisance flooding on many U.S. shorelines, study finds
Nuisance flooding causes problems such as submerged roads and overloaded stormwater systems.
‘Best case’ goals for climate warming which could still result in massive wildfire risk
A seemingly small difference in global warming levels could greatly impact wildfires worldwide, researchers have found
Reconstructing historical typhoons from a 142-year record
A team of scientists has, for the first time, identified landfalls of tropical cyclones (TCs) in Japan for the period from 1877 to 2019; this knowledge will help prepare for future TC disasters. In recent years strong TCs have been…
More extreme short-duration thunderstorms likely in the future due to global warming
Climate experts have revealed that rising temperatures will intensify future rainfall extremes at a much greater rate than average rainfall, with largest increases to short thunderstorms. New research by Newcastle University has shown that warming temperatures in some regions of…
Rating tornado warnings charts a path to improve forecasts
The United States experiences more tornadoes than any other country, with a season that peaks in spring or summer depending on the region. Tornadoes are often deadly, especially in places where buildings can’t withstand high winds. Accurate advanced warnings can…
New research highlights health risks to babies on the front line of climate change
Extreme rainfall associated with climate change is causing harm to babies in some of the most forgotten places on the planet setting in motion a chain of disadvantage down the generations, according to new research in Nature Sustainability . Researchers…
On calm days, sunlight warms the ocean surface and drives turbulence
CORVALLIS, Ore. – In tropical oceans, a combination of sunlight and weak winds drives up surface temperatures in the afternoon, increasing atmospheric turbulence, unprecedented new observational data collected by an Oregon State University researcher shows. The new findings could have…
Post-wildfire landslides becoming more frequent in southern California
American Geophysical Union U.S. Geological Survey Joint Release WASHINGTON–Southern California can now expect to see post-wildfire landslides occurring almost every year, with major events expected roughly every ten years, a new study finds. The results show Californians are now facing…
New model describes wave behavior in straits, predicts killer waves
A Skoltech researcher has developed a theoretical model of wave formation in straits and channels that accounts for nonlinear effects in the presence of a coastline. This research can improve wave prediction, making maritime travel safer and protecting coastline infrastructure.…
Getting ahead of climate change
Earth observation data could help the humanitarian community reduce the destruction of natural disasters
Experts call for home battery storage to protect vulnerable during outages
Extreme weather driven by climate change is making power outages more commonplace even as the need for electricity-dependent home health equipment grows. In this context, battery storage can help protect medically vulnerable households, according to researchers at Columbia University Mailman…
Alaska thunderstorms may triple with climate change
Ice-free waters will fuel atmospheric moisture if greenhouse gas emissions continue unchecked
New study on the forecasting of extreme rainfall events in Mediterranean countries
Researchers at the European Center for Medium-range Weather Forecasts and TU Freiberg develop a framework to better predict extreme rainfall events in Mediterranean countries
Plant responses to climate are lagged
Climate drivers outside of the growing season may have stronger effects on plants than previously assumed.
Traditional hydrologic models may misidentify snow as rain, new citizen science data shows
Tahoe Rain or Snow weather spotters help reduce inaccuracies in estimating precipitation in the Sierra Nevada
New dating techniques reveal Australia’s oldest known rock painting, and it’s a kangaroo
Two-meter kangaroo painting thought to be 17,300 years old
The effect of natural disasters on criminal–and charitable–activity in the USA
Study Also Unveils Trends in Philanthropy by Individuals and Households That Can Help Shape Crisis Management Protocols
Record sunshine during first COVID-19 lockdown largely caused by unusual weather
Dry and cloudless weather was mainly responsible for the unusually high solar irradiance in western Europe during the spring of 2020, not the reduction in aerosol emissions due to the first lockdown. This was the result of an international meteorological…
Posttraumatic stress after natural disasters
What The Study Did: Data from four studies of children and adolescents exposed to major U.S. hurricanes were pooled to examine posttraumatic stress symptoms after those events and the factors associated with them. Authors: Betty S. Lai, Ph.D., of Boston…
In predicting shallow but dangerous landslides, size matters
Computer models to predict areas most likely to slide confront lack of subsurface data
Here comes the new generation of climate models: the future of rainfall in the Alps
Less intense mean daily precipitation, more intense and localised extreme events. This is what the future climate scenarios indicate for the Eastern Alps, according to the study “Evaluation and Expected Changes of Summer Precipitation at Convection Permitting Scale with COSMO-CLM…
Increasing hurricane intensity around Bermuda linked to rising ocean temperatures
New research shows that hurricane maximum wind speeds in the subtropical Atlantic around Bermuda have more than doubled on average over the last 60 years due to rising ocean temperatures in the region. Hurricanes intensify by extracting energy from the…
Flooding in the Columbia River basin expected to increase under climate change
CORVALLIS, Ore. – The Columbia River basin will see an increase in flooding over the next 50 years as a result of climate change, new modeling from Oregon State University indicates. The magnitude of flooding – the term used to…
Variable weather makes weeds harder to whack
URBANA, Ill. – From flooded spring fields to summer hailstorms and drought, farmers are well aware the weather is changing. It often means spring planting can’t happen on time or has to happen twice to make up for catastrophic losses…
Arctic stew: Understanding how high-latitude lakes respond to and affect climate change
To arrive at Nunavut, turn left at the Dakotas and head north. You can’t miss it–the vast tundra territory covers almost a million square miles of northern Canada. Relatively few people call this lake-scattered landscape home, but the region plays…
California’s rainy season starting nearly a month later than it did 60 years ago
WASHINGTON–The start of California’s annual rainy season has been pushed back from November to December, prolonging the state’s increasingly destructive wildfire season by nearly a month, according to new research. The study cannot confirm the shift is connected to climate…
A team of climatologists is studying how to minimize errors in observed climate trend
Experts in climatology from the Universitat Rovira i Virgili, the State Meteorology Agency and the University of Bonn (Germany) make headway in identifying the most reliable methods that help to correct these biases
Study indicates US cities underestimate their GHG emissions by nearly 20%
Some cities’ self-reported emissions are as much as 145% below standardized estimates, distorting data on which climate change policy actions are based
A fine-grained view of dust storms
A satellite-based dataset generated by KAUST researchers has revealed the dynamics of dust storm formation and movements over the last decade in the Arabian Peninsula. Analysis of this long-term dataset reveals the connection between the occurrence of extreme dust events…
Scientists advocate breaking laws – of geography and ecology
Recent global calamities – the pandemic, wildfires, floods – are spurring interdisciplinary scientists to nudge aside the fashionable First Law of Geography that dictates “everything is related to everything else, but near things are more related than distant things.” Geography,…
Unmatched dust storms raged over Western Europe during Ice age maximum
Reinterpretations of European loess indicate Western Europe might well have been the dustiest region on Earth
As climate warms, summer monsoons to produce less streamflow
New study holds implications for future water supply in the Colorado River Basin