Thoman of Alaska's National Weather Service in Alaska alerted us to some unusual environmental conditions in Alaska waters this November. In the Bering and Chukchi Seas, where sea ice should be starti ...

cool off overnight, it's not just a physical relief for firefighters who may be working in conditions that push the limits of human endurance; fire behavior itself relaxes as temperatures drop, winds ...

of precipitation patterns that give rise to drought, here's a safe assertion: a warmer atmosphere is a thirstier atmosphere, demanding more water from surface water (rivers and lakes and their smaller ...

it stands to reason that a warming climate could worsen storm intensity since a warmer atmosphere can hold more moisture, Henson cautioned, "Even when researchers find that a given type of disaster ha ...

science." Emily's lab studies the composition of the troposphere, the lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere. Her work relates to air quality, nutrient cycles, and the atmosphere's overall self-cleansing ...

MJO has weakened substantially. Making waves. One of the many elements of the Pacific ocean- atmosphere system that ENSO forecasters monitor pretty closely is the temperature of the water below the sur ...

lives, and dozens were still missing as of July 26. It was one of the deadliest forest fires in Greece's history. By Tuesday, the winds had died down enough to allow firefighters to move in and contai ...

And in 1981, the river crested at about 20 feet above-normal. Climate Change. As I've noted in past stories on heavy precipitation events, according to the latest report from the Intergovernmental Pan ...

the tropical Pacific Ocean looks ready to burst through that door to El Niño, the tropical atmosphere seems a bit more hesitant, remaining firmly in ENSO-neutral territory. As in March, the April Sout ...

degrees C (1.89 degrees F) warmer today than it was when the historical temperature record began in 1880. In addition, NCEI reported,. The seven warmest Julys have all occurred since 2015. July 2021 m ...