Environmental groups claim that the National Marine Fisheries Service delayed deciding on the salmon’s protections for over ...

The president's mass job cuts are hitting workers in Washington state who clean trails, help fight wildfires and find lost ...

Haines is not the only community interested in mapping the risk. Similar projects have been completed or are underway in more ...

Residents in Dover-Foxcroft could see their property tax bills increase by hundreds of dollars each year if the town commits ...

Weather balloons and “hurricane hunter” planes aid the science of understanding California’s atmospheric rivers.

Atmospheric rivers are long and relatively narrow bands of water vapor that form over an ocean and flow through the sky, ...

In 2023, however ... and lead author of the study. "One or two atmospheric rivers can turn it into a wet year, but a weak atmospheric river season can turn it into a dry year.

Many atmospheric river events are weak. But the powerful ones can transport extraordinary amounts of moisture. Studies have shown that they can carry seven to 15 times the average amount of water ...

That term is called an "Atmospheric River." CBS 8 wanted to know more about atmospheric rivers, what they are, how they work, and why they can be so potent. To do so, we turned to the Center for ...

In 2023, however, a La Niña year proved extremely ... a postdoctoral scholar at Scripps and lead author of the study. “One or two atmospheric rivers can turn it into a wet year, but a weak atmospheric ...