This map, made using COWVR’s new observations, shows Earth’s microwave emissions at a frequency that provides information on the strength of winds at the ocean…
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Microwave brightness temperature on top of visible reflectance for Hurricane Harvey before its landfall in Texas. Credit: Penn State In 2017, Hurricane Harvey stalled after…
February 7, 2022 Landsat 9 completed its own pass last week in time for the big game. Passes will be flying today in Los Angeles…
The Sun rises in Midland, Michigan, shortly after 8 a.m. on January 13, 2017. Christian Collins/Flickr, CC BY-SA Above the equator, winter officially begins in…
January 11, 2022 A summer heatwave knocked out power in Argentina, while heat in Western Australia likely tied the hottest temperature ever measured south of…
A multitude of swirling clouds in Jupiter’s dynamic North North Temperate Belt is captured in this image from NASA’s Juno spacecraft. Appearing in the scene…
October – December 2021 More than 20 million people in Somalia, Kenya, and Ethiopia now face some of the worst food security risks in 35…
A new, Yale-led study suggests the 21st century will see an expansion of hurricanes and typhoons into mid-latitude regions, which includes major cities such as…
View of Earth from Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager (SEVIRI) on EUMETSAT’s Meteosat-9 in geosynchronous orbit. Credit: NASA The Earth’s solstices come twice a…
Tornadoes are hard to capture in climate models. The deadly tornado outbreak that tore through communities from Arkansas to Illinois on the night of Dec.…
[embedded content]December 15 – 16, 2021 Hurricane-force winds, dust storms, tornadoes, wildfires, snow squalls, heavy rain, and record-breaking heat accompanied an unusual December storm system.…
December 16, 2021 December 17, 2021 Locally named Odette, the storm is one of the strongest recorded on Earth this year and the 6th to…
November 1 – December 6, 2021 Soils across western Washington and southern British Columbia were saturated for much of the season. As meteorological autumn came to an…
December 1, 2021 This coupling of the atmosphere and ocean alters atmospheric circulation and jet streams in ways that intensify rainfall in some regions and…
Two layers of ice in deep snow following the rain-on-snow events of November 2006. Credit: Photo courtesy of Florian Stammler Changes will happen decades earlier…
Lower humidity and higher temperatures are driving extreme weather that makes wildfires more frequent and intense, say experts. The world’s eight most extreme wildfire weather…
November 14, 2021 Torrential rain in southern British Columbia and western Washington spurred deadly floods and mudslides that have damaged infrastructure and isolated communities. Torrential…
Scientists have provided new insights into how intense thunderstorms drive the injection of water vapor from the troposphere — the atmospheric layer closest to Earth’s…
Active flame front of the Zaca Fire, the second largest fire on record in California. U.S. Forest Service. Credit: John Newman Statistical modeling highlights predictive…
October 1 – 12, 2021 Warm and dry conditions continue to affect agricultural lands in the U.S. Northern Plains and the Canadian Prairies. Decades of drought…