Bob Henson | January 4, 2012 • If 2011 could be dubbed the Year of Extreme U.S. Weather, its most tenacious element was the intense contrast between record drought in the Southern Plains and record-setting precipitation elsewhere. Both...
Margaret LeMone | January 4, 2012 • We love birds. We have several feeders in the yard, and a few years ago we invested in a bird bath, which is powered so that the water never freezes. This way the birds (and squirrels!) can get a...
A hemispherewide phenomenon – and not just regional forces – has caused record-breaking amounts of freshwater to accumulate in the Arctic’s Beaufort Sea.
January 13, 2012 | The effects of a warming climate on hail are largely unknown, as global climate models are too coarse in resolution to simulate hailstorms in detail. But a new modeling study in Nature Climate Change tackles this subject, looking at the future of hail in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains over the coming decades.
January 4, 2012 | New research led by NCAR scientist Thomas Galarneau provides an in-depth analysis of two extreme weather events whose connection may come as a surprise: Russia’s intense heat wave in summer 2010 and the heavy rains that occurred simultaneously in Pakistan.
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