Gaps between night and day heat drives severe storms
Larger differences between the Earth's surface temperature at night and day increase the risk of severe thunderstorms and flood-causing cloud bursts.
Sept. 29, 2020 • ~6 min
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Rainy days can send nitrogen runoff to rivers
Heavy rain events, which happen just a few days each year, have an outsize role in sending nitrogen runoff into waterways, computer modeling indicates.
Sept. 22, 2020 • ~5 min
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Why does some rain fall harder than other rain?
Some rainstorms drench you in a second, while others drop rain in a nice peaceful drizzle. A meteorologist explains how rainstorms can be so different.
Aug. 13, 2020 • ~5 min
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Plants kill cells so they don’t pop
To stop their cells from exploding after a downpour, plants trigger them to self-destruct. Now researchers know more about how.
June 18, 2020 • ~6 min
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What would it feel like to touch a cloud?
You might have already felt what it would be like inside a cloud made of condensed water vapor.
May 28, 2020 • ~6 min
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Climate change could cause droughts across North America
May 21, 2020 • ~7 min
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When water vapor blows in, dry soil gets rain?
New research clarifies the role of water vapor in rainfall, a complex relationship that remains mysterious.
May 11, 2020 • ~7 min
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Less snow and more rain could lead to bigger floods
New research offers insight into how flood risks may change in a warming world that has less snow.
Jan. 29, 2020 • ~5 min
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Atmospheric river storms can drive costly flooding – and climate change is making them stronger
Earth's biggest rivers are streams of warm water vapor in the atmosphere that can cause huge rain and snowfall over land. Climate change is making them longer, wetter and stronger.
Jan. 27, 2020 • ~8 min
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Climate change made Hurricane Florence bigger
Scientists knew human-induced climate change would cause Hurricane Florence to be bigger and wetter, even before the storm hit. Here's how.
Jan. 2, 2020 • ~3 min
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