UCSD Study Shows Atmospheric Rivers Will Become New Normal
The study, published in the journal Climate Dynamics, found that atmospheric rivers explain the majority of atypical El Nino ...
Atmospheric rivers explain atypical El Niño and La Niña years
El Niño and La Niña are climate phenomena that are generally associated with wetter and drier winter conditions in the ...
How does that atmospheric river flow? Scientists modernize research to understand
While most look for ways to avoid the steady rain falling from atmospheric rivers, some take advantage of the unwieldy ...
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Injuries are reported in a more than 100-vehicle pileup near Portland in whiteout conditions
Thursday’s storms followed two days of heavy snow and freezing rain in a swath of the eastern U.S. stretching from Kentucky to Washington, D.C., that caused hundreds of traffic accidents, knocked out ...
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Causes of Wrangell’s deadly 2023 landslide still coming to light
It’s been over a year since a landslide devastated the Wrangell community, killing six people. Last month, geologists ...
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See what's behind Pineapple Express as it drenches California and Northwest
What is a Pineapple Express? It's a type of atmospheric river that forms a long, narrow tract in the Earth’s atmosphere. This jet stream gathers moisture from the tropics near the equator and ...