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Map of the Babai river basin in Nepal showing location of water level and streamflow measuring stations.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Satellite Estimates for Hydroclimatic Extremes

by Jonathan H. Jiang 20 September 202128 September 2021

A new study corrects poor-performing satellite-based rainfall estimates with gauge data and also fills gauge data gaps using well-performing satellite-based rainfall estimates.

Krasnoyarsk sunset over the mountains
Posted inNews

Siberian Heat Wave Nearly Impossible Without Human Influence

by Michael Allen 17 June 202128 April 2022

A new study finds that the exceptional temperatures seen in Siberia in the first half of 2020 would have been extremely unlikely without anthropogenic climate change.

A close-up photograph of the eye of Hurricane Dorian.
Posted inNews

Your Summer Outlook: Cloudy with an Above-Normal Chance of Hurricanes

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 20 May 202128 April 2022

Get ready for another above-average hurricane season, but it likely won’t be as busy as last year.

Two maps of Europe showing the fraction of days during May-August 2018 when estimated soil moisture fell below a critical threshold based on daily maximum temperature (top) and evaporative fraction (bottom) compared to the 1979-2018 average.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Dry Soils Enhanced the 2018 Heatwave in Northern Europe

by Susan Trumbore 3 May 202120 December 2022

A range of observations show that a shift in land-atmosphere coupling exacerbated the hot drought experienced in Europe in 2018.

Satellite image of Typhoon Hagibis approaching Japan
Posted inNews

Typhoons Getting Stronger, Making Landfall More Often

Tim Hornyak, Science Writer by Tim Hornyak 12 August 20209 March 2023

New research shows a growing threat from Pacific storms amid climate change.

Satellite image of Hurricanes Katia, Irma, and Jose
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NOAA Predicts Busy Hurricane Season

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 21 May 202020 May 2022

FEMA issued new guidance yesterday advising states to prepare for evacuations during the pandemic.

Experimental crown fire in the boreal forest, Northwest Territories, Canada
Posted inEditors' Vox

New Special Collection: Fire in the Earth System

by Amy E. East and C. Santin 27 April 202012 December 2022

Papers are invited for a new cross-journal special collection presenting advances in understanding the physical and biogeochemical processes associated with landscape fires and their impacts.

frost on frozen bubble
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Combining AI and Analog Forecasting to Predict Extreme Weather

Richard Sima, freelance science writer by Richard J. Sima 4 March 202022 December 2021

New deep learning technique brings an obsolete forecasting method “back to life” to predict extreme weather events.

A NASA model of Hurricane Sandy
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Role of Humans in Past Hurricane Potential Intensity Is Unclear

by Elizabeth Thompson 10 June 201927 October 2022

In recent decades, there have been more intense North Atlantic hurricanes. A new study compares climate models to see whether they can attribute increasing potential intensity to human activity.

Storm clouds gather over dry farmland in Nebraska.
Posted inScience Updates

Bridging the Weather-to-Climate Prediction Gap

by A. Mariotti, E. A. Barnes, E. K.-M. Chang, A. Lang, P. A. Dirmeyer, K. Pegion, D. Barrie and C. Baggett 19 February 201930 January 2024

A task force of researchers set out to bridge the gap between the 2-week weather forecast and long-term climate predictions; their findings could help in forecasting the likelihood of extreme events.

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