High-resolution measurements reveal the structure of the upper ocean under a hurricane and its feedback on storm intensity. Read More »Atmospheric Sciences
CFCs and other halocarbons have long been known for causing an ozone hole over the Antarctic, but many of them are also powerful greenhouse gases.Read More »Atmospheric Sciences
New research indicates that nutrient loads delivered to South American ecosystems by dust originating in Africa are far lower than suggested in previous studies.Read More »Atmospheric Sciences
The observational evidence of the wind field of Hurricane Michael using radar imagery showed an eyewall structure evolution with elliptical, triangular, and square shapes for the first time.Read More »Natural Hazards
Globally relevant and locally devastating, hailstorms produce significant societal impacts; despite this, our understanding of hailstorms and our ability to predict them is still limited.Read More »Atmospheric Sciences
The Lightning Imaging Sensor on the International Space Station provides an expanded view of global lightning that improves scientific understanding of the Earth as well as public safety.Read More »Atmospheric Sciences
HadEX3 is an updated dataset of gridded temperature and precipitation extremes, that covers the period of 1901 to 2018 and has improved spatio-temporal coverage.Read More »Atmospheric Sciences
Concurrent detection from space and the ground of blue optical flashes from streamer corona discharges at altitudes between 8.5 and 14 kilometers and radio waves.Read More »Atmospheric Sciences
Rapid temperature spikes in the stratosphere above Antarctica can influence weather and spark cyclones in the Northern Hemisphere’s tropics.Read More »Climate Change
Sediment cores from the Great Blue Hole reveal that a series of extreme storms hit the region after 900. The storms may have irreparably damaged an already stressed Maya population.Read More »
