• About
  • Special Reports
  • Topics
    • Climate
    • Earth Science
    • Oceans
    • Space & Planets
    • Health & Ecosystems
    • Culture & Policy
    • Education & Careers
    • Opinions
  • Projects
    • ENGAGE
    • Third Pod from the Sun
    • Eos en Español
    • Eos 简体中文版
    • Print Archive
  • Newsletter
  • Submit to Eos
  • AGU.org
  • AGU Publications
    • AGU Journals
    • Editors’ Highlights
    • Editors’ Vox
  • Career Center
  • AGU Blogs
  • Join AGU
  • Give to AGU
  • About
  • Special Reports
  • Topics
    • Climate
    • Earth Science
    • Oceans
    • Space & Planets
    • Health & Ecosystems
    • Culture & Policy
    • Education & Careers
    • Opinions
  • Projects
    • ENGAGE
    • Third Pod from the Sun
    • Eos en Español
    • Eos 简体中文版
    • Print Archive
  • Newsletter
  • Submit to Eos
Skip to content
Eos

Eos

Science News by AGU

Sign Up for Newsletter

extreme weather

A hail-laden roof collapsed on a supermarket in Mexico City.
Posted inNews

A Hail of a Night in Mexico

by Humberto Basilio 24 June 202217 March 2023

When a severe hailstorm hit Mexico’s capital last week, citizens began to wonder whether climate change could be the cause. But is that the right question to ask?

An image of a partially submerged house, powerline pole, and foliage in a flooded neighborhood in Asunción, Paraguay
Posted inNews

More Frequent El Niño Events Predicted by 2040

by Rachel Fritts 20 April 20221 December 2022

Cutting-edge models predict that El Niño frequency will increase within 2 decades because of climate change, regardless of emissions mitigation efforts.

A severe hailstorm near Kingfisher, Okla.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Rising Trend Predicted for Conditions Linked to Severe Storms

by Sarah Stanley 19 January 202219 January 2022

Climate modeling predicts that conditions conducive to severe thunderstorms will arise more often as Earth warms.

A person carrying an umbrella walks through a rainstorm.
Posted inNews

Rainy Days Dampen Economic Growth

by Jenessa Duncombe 12 January 202213 January 2022

Research reveals the connection between a country’s day-to-day weather and its production.

Posted inNews

¿Cómo saber si has experimentado el calentamiento global?

by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 3 November 202121 March 2022

Contestar esta pregunta puede ayudar a tomadores de decisiones, científicos y comunicadores climáticos a desarrollar estrategias más efectivas para llegar a escépticos y negacionistas.

A yellow- and orange-tinted image of the Chicago skyline as seen from the shore of Lake Michigan. The summer Sun is high in the sky, and people walk and sit on a concrete path along the shore.
Posted inNews

How Do You Know If You’ve Experienced Global Warming?

by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 30 September 202121 March 2022

Answering this question can help policymakers, scientists, and climate communicators develop more effective strategies to reach skeptics and deniers.

Posted inEditors' Vox

Tools for Improved Drought and Flood Response

by H. Wu, D.P. Lettenmaier, Q. Tang and P.J. Ward 29 September 20213 June 2022

A new book presents recent advances in the modeling and remote sensing of droughts and floods of use to emergency response organizations and policy makers on a global scale.

Series of world maps showing the historical average of warmest and coldest days and nights during 1981-2010, according to the observations in the left column, reanalyses in the center column, and climate models in the right column.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Temperature Extremes: Exploring the Global Outbreak

by Jonathan H. Jiang 27 September 20215 November 2021

Using cutting-edge observations, reanalyses, and climate models, a new study projects the outbreak of temperature extremes over new global areas by 2100.

Tall conifers and snow cover a mountainside.
Posted inAGU News

Winter’s Melting Point

by Heather Goss 24 September 202126 October 2021

Around the world, the seasonal snowpack is changing. Eos’s October issue looks at how we study winter weather, adapt to climate changes, and even fight for the snow we love.

Image of Sean de Guzman of the California Department of Water Resources conducting a snow survey in the Sierra Nevada.
Posted inFeatures

The Changing Climate’s Snowball Effect

by Korena Di Roma Howley 24 September 202123 March 2023

Shrinking snowpack, thawing permafrost, and shifting precipitation patterns have widespread consequences. Can new technologies—and public policies—help communities adapt?

Posts navigation

Newer posts 1 2 3 4 … 6 Older posts

Features from AGU Journals

RESEARCH SPOTLIGHTS
Earth’s Future
“How to Build a Climate-Resilient Water Supply”
By Rachel Fritts

EDITORS' HIGHLIGHTS
AGU Advances
“How Do Atmospheric Rivers Respond to Extratropical Variability?”
By Sarah Kang

EDITORS' VOX
Reviews of Geophysics
“Rare and Revealing: Radiocarbon in Service of Paleoceanography”
By Luke C. Skinner and Edouard Bard

About Eos
ENGAGE
Awards
Contact

Advertise
Submit
Career Center
Sitemap

© 2023 American Geophysical Union. All rights reserved. Proudly powered by Newspack by Automattic