Snow, tornadoes, record-breaking heat, a dust storm — and that’s just last weekend. Here’s how to understand what’s going on, and the role climate change is playing in all of it.
Climate Forecast System of US suspects the variously wet and violent weather may continue to hold into April
From deadly heat waves to unprecedented flooding, devastating wildfires to record-breaking droughts, extreme weather is becoming the new normal. As climate-fueled shocks multiply, some creatures in our oceans, forests, deserts and grasslands will manage to cope and bounce back. But new research from Michigan State University asks: could some species and ecosystems not only survive shocks, but thrive because of them?
Agronomists at Washington State University are unveiling a new apple, the Sunflare, which they say tastes as good as their Cosmic Crisp but can withstand unpredictable weather.
A potentially significant El Nino is taking shape in the Pacific Ocean, with forecasters now saying there’s a 61% chance the climate pattern will develop between May and July, according to the National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center. The latest outlook also shows a 25% probability that the system could grow into a “very strong”...
Perched in a tower atop a hill, Matthew Douglas climbs a staircase and emerges from a hatch on the roof, where a heavy glass ball in a metal cradle has burned a thin streak into a strip of paper, recording the previous day's sunlight.
Satellite images, weather maps and other data are collected in enormous quantities—but much of this remains unused. The reason is simple: the data is fragmented, difficult to interpret, and stored in different formats. Dr. Arka Ghosh has developed a system capable of transforming this data into comprehensible knowledge. "It is an advanced AI solution that could be highly significant for urban planners as well as crisis and emergency response coordinators."
Seasonal models are predicting an El Niño climate pattern that could be the strongest on record, bringing with it more extreme weather.
The complaint says efforts to dismantle an atmospheric research center are part of a broader political campaign that endangers climate and weather studies.
Every year in the West Pacific, as summer ends and September rolls around, typhoons are not far behind. Typhoons are the most impactful extreme weather events affecting Japan and East Asia, and due to climate change, extremely strong typhoons are becoming more frequent. In order to adapt critical infrastructure to these massive storms and protect coastal areas, accurate accounting for their future impact is essential.