The central and eastern United States experienced winter weather whiplash in December 2022 and January 2023, with possible contributions from the polar vortex. This resulted…
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Image of central and northern California captured on January 1, 2023, by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite after heavy rain…
Hurricane Katrina. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center When you say, “Are hurricanes getting stronger?” in the sense of, “Are they going to be category…
A recent study that analyzed over 32 million cardiovascular deaths over the course of four decades has found a correlation between extreme temperatures and an…
A double rainbow. According to new research, chances to see rainbows will rise in northern latitudes while falling in many tropical regions. According to a…
Drought and water shortages in 2022 have meant rice growers have only planted half as much of the grain as usual in the Sacramento Valley,…
Storm-stirred sediment produced colorful swirls along the western coast of Florida. Hurricane Ian barreled into Florida’s southwestern coast on September 28, 2022, as a powerful…
After Hurricane Ian passed, millions of residential and business customers lost electric power and light. Several cities on the west coast of Florida lost much…
From aboard the International Space Station, NASA-built instruments Compact Ocean Wind Vector Radiometer (COWVR) and Temporal Experiment for Storms and Tropical Systems (TEMPEST) captured wind…
Hurricane Ian, September 28, 2022. NASAEstablished in 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the United States Federal Government…
The Mediterranean Sea was hit by a major marine heatwave. Many parts of Europe saw record-breaking temperatures over the summer. However, it wasn’t just the…
Super Typhoon Noru. September 25, 2022. After making landfall in the Polillo Islands and Luzon, the storm strengthened again as it headed toward Vietnam. “Rapid…
China’s largest freshwater lake drained by prolonged heat and drought. Between the winter and summer seasons, Poyang Lake, in China’s Jiangxi Province, routinely fluctuates in…
Typhoon Hinnamnor. August 31, 2022. On August 30, Typhoon Hinnamnor became the first category 5 cyclone on Earth in 2022. For most of 2022, the…
The researchers expect animals such as the Arctic fox, stoat, and common shrew to be more impacted by climate change. A new study investigates which…
Researchers warn of potential threats to heart health from extreme weather. Detrimental associations between cold weather and deaths from heart disease, particularly in poor neighborhoods,…
Lake Powell on August 6, 2022, compared with August 16, 2017. The second largest reservoir in the United States now stands at its lowest level…
The telescopes at Maunakea sit calmly at an altitude of around 4200 meters (13,800 feet) beneath a sky filled with extraordinary light. Gemini North’s nighttime…
As a megadrought persists across the US southwest, Utah’s Great Salt Lake dropped to its lowest recorded water level. Utah’s Great Salt Lake dropped to…
Learning how to beat the heat during scorching summer weather. As we face increasingly hot summers, understanding how to avoid the health dangers associated with…