• 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

tornadoes

Looking across Midwestern cropland, the viewer sees a tornado extending down from thick, gray-blue clouds to meet the horizon. To the tornado’s left, a funnel cloud companion looks like a thin finger pointing toward Earth from the bottom of the clouds.
Posted inNews

A Hotter Earth Means Stronger Tornadoes

by Saima Sidik 13 December 202113 December 2021

Although their frequency may decrease, models suggest anthropogenic climate change will increase the intensity of tornado outbreaks.

Series of six maps showing the location and observations of the typhoon
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Radar Observations of a Tornado Associated with Typhoon Hagibis

by Suzana Camargo 23 October 202025 February 2022

Analysis of tornadogenesis processes on a shallow supercell associated with Typhoon Hagibis using finely resolved rapid-scan radar observations at a very close range.

Posted inNews

Storm Model Foresaw Tornado Precursor Hours Before Twister Hit

by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 26 July 20173 June 2022

The experimental Warn-on-Forecast project calculates probabilities of severe weather within at-risk areas smaller than those targeted by current forecasting models.

Destruction after the 2011 Tuscaloosa-Birmingham tornado.
Posted inNews

Tornado Casualties Depend More on Storm Energy Than Population

by Katherine Kornei 18 May 20172 February 2022

National Weather Service data from nearly 900 tornadoes and a principle of economics reveal the relationship between storm energy, population, and casualty count.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

What Causes Extreme Hail, Tornadoes, and Floods in South America?

by S. Palus 11 May 201525 February 2022

A study of extreme weather in South America shows seasonal and spatial patterns, which, if better understood, could help save lives and minimize damage to property.

Posted inScience Updates

Understanding How Climate Change Could Affect Tornadoes

by J. Elsner and M. Guishard 11 November 201425 February 2022

First International Summit on Tornadoes and Climate Change;
Crete, Greece, 25–30 May 2014

From AGU Journals

MOST SHARED
Reviews of Geophysics
“Global and Regional Trends and Drivers of Fire Under Climate Change”
By Matthew W. Jones et al.

HIGHLY CITED
Global Biogeochemical Cycles
“Emission of trace gases and aerosols from biomass burning”
By M. O. Andreae, P. Merlet

HOT ARTICLE
Geophysical Research Letters
“Relating Slip Behavior to Off-Fault Deformation Using Physical Models”
By Emily O. Ross et al.


About Eos
Contact
Advertise

Submit
Career Center
Sitemap

© 2022 American Geophysical Union. All rights reserved. Proudly powered by Newspack by Automattic