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THE CONVERSATION: NOAA’s vast public weather data powers the local forecasts on your phone and TV – a private company alone couldn’t match it

February 11, 2025

By Christine Wiedinmyer, University of Colorado Boulder and Kari Bowen, University of Colorado Boulder When a hurricane or tornado starts...

UCLA: Floods, droughts, then fires: Hydroclimate whiplash is speeding up globally

UCLA

Climate change Hydrology Wildfires and watersheds

January 10, 2025

New research links intensifying wet and dry swings to the atmosphere’s sponge-like ability to drop and absorb water By Alison...

GRIST: The ‘weather whiplash’ fueling the Los Angeles fires is becoming more common

Grist

Climate change Hydrology Wildfires and watersheds

January 9, 2025

By Kate Yoder, Grist This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. It’s supposed...

SCRIPPS: Taking Flight: UC San Diego Shaping Future of Atmospheric River Forecasting

Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Hydrology Science

December 10, 2024

The Atmospheric River Reconnaissance program flies into storms to improve forecasts with the help of AI By Alex Fox, Scripps...

THE CONVERSATION: Atmospheric river meets bomb cyclone: The result is like a fire hose flailing out of control

The Conversation

Current Conditions

November 21, 2024

By Chad Hecht, University of California, San Diego The West Coast’s rainy season has arrived in force, as an atmospheric...

CU BOULDER: One in two El Niño events could be extreme by mid-century

University of Colorado at Boulder

Hydrology Science

November 18, 2024

By Yvaine Ye, Colorado University at Boulder With the climate pattern known as El Niño in full force from mid-2023...

EOS: Soil Salinization: A Rising Threat to Ecosystems and Global Food Security

American Geophysical Union

Agriculture Science

November 15, 2024

As soil salinization intensifies, it poses serious threats to ecosystems, soil health, global food security and socio-economic stability. By Nima...

NOTEBOOK FEATURE: How the fight against Auburn Dam advanced flood control in California

Robin Meadows

Notebook News and Features Planning and management

September 24, 2024

by Robin Meadows In 1990, Gary Estes moved to Auburn, a town of nearly 14,000 in the Sierra Nevada foothills...

INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: Big cities disrupt the atmosphere, often generating more rainfall, but can also have a drying effect

Inside Climate News

Climate change

September 10, 2024

The findings of a new global study on urban rainfall patterns underscore the importance for metropolitan areas to adapt to...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Earth saw its hottest day on record two days in a row

Courthouse News Service

Climate change

July 25, 2024

Greatly above-average temperatures in Antarctica have contributed to the back-to-back daily records. By Christina van Waasbergen, Courthouse News Service Monday...

GRIST: Earth just sweltered through the hottest day ever recorded

Grist

Climate change

July 24, 2024

And 2024 is on track to be the hottest year, too. By Matt Simon, Grist This story was originally published...

THE CONVERSATION: Extreme heat waves broiling the planet in 2024 aren’t normal: How climate change is heating up weather around the world

The Conversation

Climate change

July 10, 2024

By Mathew Barlow, UMass Lowell and Jeffrey Basara, UMass Lowell Less than a month into summer 2024, the vast majority...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: El Niño-fueled record heat streak stretched to 13 months in June

Courthouse News Service

Climate change

July 8, 2024

For months, the planet has been warmer than ever before measured. EU climate agency Copernicus says if countries keep pumping...

NOAA RESEARCH: National Academies unveils strategy to modernize probable maximum precipitation estimates

NOAA Research

Hydrology Science

July 2, 2024

From NOAA Research: For more than 75 years, high-hazard structures in the United States, including dams and nuclear power plants,...

WATER DESK: Q&A: Defining the “snow deluge” and projecting its future

The Water Desk

Hydrology Science

May 31, 2024

Scientist Adrienne Marshall explains why these extreme snow years are expected to decline in our warming world. By Mitch Tobin,...