Climate change made the devastating flooding in Belgium, Germany and other European countries in July 2021 more likely.
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A new attribution study finds human-caused climate change made Europe’s July floods more likely. What about Tennessee’s flooding? An atmospheric scientist explains how scientists make the connection.
Some of the worst damage from the EF-2 tornado that struck the Ontario city of Barrie on July 15.
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Current building codes do not include the most efficient way to keep houses standing and intact during tornadoes.
The Little Ice Age brought some bitter extremes.
Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1565
Globally, the temperature changed by half a degree Celsius, but it dramatically altered the likelihood of extreme local weather.
In high alpine terrain, sun and dry air can turn snow straight into water vapor.
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As rivers run dry in the Rocky Mountains and the West, it’s easy to wonder where all the snow you see on mountain peaks goes. Some of it ends up in the air, but researchers aren’t sure how much.
St Swithin is associated with a prediction of 40 days of summer rain.
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If it rains on St Swithin’s day it is believed that it will rain for the rest of summer.
Record-breaking triple-digit heat in Olympia, Wash., on June 28, 2021.
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Which is worse, dry heat or wet heat? Both, says an exercise physiologist.
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Rain near Japan triggered a heat wave in North America. To know our future, we have a lot to learn about what drives extreme weather.
Migrants are often incorrectly stereotyped as having no time for nature.
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How do migrants to the UK explore and experience its natural environment – and how does it connect them to their roots?
Does adverse weather severely reduce the amount of time drones can be flown safely?
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New research uncovers the impact of weather on the safe operation of common commercial drones.
A road crew paints a street in Los Angeles with coating designed to reduce heat.
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Here’s how reflective pavement works and what cities need to think about.
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One cold winter doesn’t negate more than a century of global warming. We need the political leadership to set the world on a safer path. Ill-informed tweets by government senators won’t help.
Railway bridge over the river on the border with Tanzania.
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Governments must ensure that transport infrastructure is developed with the ability to cope with current and future climatic shifts.
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When the weather gets wild, your internet connection can suffer. But other users are as much to blame as the wind and rain
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‘Thirsty air’ can create rapid and devastating drought – new research offers hope we might be able to see it coming in advance.
Mark Poindexter puts a tarp on the damaged roof of his home in Gulf Breeze, Louisiana, on Aug. 29, 2020, in the aftermath of Hurricane Laura.
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Federal weather scientists are pushing to make the US more ‘weather-ready,’ which could mean prepping for fires, flooding or storms depending on where you live. The common factor: thinking ahead.
About one-third of homes in Puerto Rico were damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Maria in 2017.
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Social inequalities worsen storm damage and challenge disaster recovery, increasing class divides over time.
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This summer is likely to be hot and dry, but that’s more down to climate change than miserable spring.
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Even if you live in the UK, you’re still at risk of skin cancer. Here’s how to stay safe .
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Weather on other planets and moons can be much more extreme than on Earth.
Sunrise in Stone Harbor, New Jersey.
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The US is shifting to a new set of climate ‘normals’ – data sets averaged over the past 30 years. But normal is a relative concept in a time of climate change.