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Buckled asphalt caused by a slow-moving landslide
Posted inNews

Rainfall Kick-Starts Slow-Moving Landslides

by Katherine Kornei 22 August 20195 October 2021

A census of hundreds of slow-moving landslides in Northern California reveals an uptick in the number and speed of landslides in 2017, the second-wettest year on record.

Satellite image of Congolese rain forest with white clouds
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Congo Rain Forest Endures a Longer Dry Season

by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 25 July 201929 April 2022

The forest’s dry season has been starting earlier and ending later for decades, making parts of it vulnerable to incursions by drought-resistant ecosystems.

Cumulus congestus clouds like these are usually a sign of incoming rain.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

One Step Closer to a Milestone in Climate Modeling

by David Shultz 24 July 201911 August 2019

A pair of revisions to the Energy Exascale Earth System Model improves its ability to capture late afternoon and nocturnal rainfall as well as the timing and movement of convection.

Whitecaps dot a stormy sea
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Take Weather Prediction with a Grain of Salt and It Gets Better

by Bas den Hond 12 April 201928 September 2021

Sea surface salinity is starting to rival other methods for seasonal rain forecasting.

Posted inEditors' Highlights

Diurnal Variation of Rainfall over the Equator Revisited

by Minghua Zhang 26 October 20188 March 2022

Radar data show an afternoon precipitation maximum in the equatorial Indian Ocean in addition to the nocturnal maximum; this occurs under light surface winds and suppressed large-scale convection.

Two men fish in the Mekong River.
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How Old Is the Mekong River Valley?

by Katherine Kornei 22 October 201827 April 2022

Granite samples collected from the Mekong River Valley reveal that the river’s path was incised roughly 17 million years ago, most likely by increased erosion from monsoon precipitation.

A landslide triggered by the weight of construction debris atop a rain-saturated hillslope killed 73 people in China in 2015.
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Landslide Database Reveals Uptick in Human-Caused Fatal Slides

by Katherine Kornei 28 August 20189 May 2022

Records of nearly 5,000 landslides around the world show that human activities like construction, illegal mining, and hill cutting are increasingly responsible for fatal slides, particularly in Asia.

Hailstones in an egg carton
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Hail Causes the Most Storm Damage Costs Across North America

by Ilima Loomis 16 August 2018

The icy weather phenomenon leads to more than $10 billion in damages each year. Nonetheless, research on hail is lacking, scientists say.

Posted inNews

Roger Lhermitte (1920–2016)

by E. Williams 22 May 201825 February 2022

This luminary in the field of weather radar did it all, from basic engineering to sophisticated analysis.

Researchers examine large-scale meteorological processes behind extreme precipitation events in the Middle East
Posted inResearch Spotlights

What Causes Flash Floods in the Middle East?

by Kate Wheeling 26 March 20188 March 2022

Researchers zero in on the large-scale meteorological processes driving extreme precipitation events in the hot, arid desert region.

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