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  • Ocean temps predict US heat waves 50 days out
    The formation of a distinct pattern of sea surface temperatures in the middle of the North Pacific Ocean can predict an increased chance of summertime heat waves in the eastern half of the Unit...
  • 2016 Arctic sea ice wintertime extent hits another record low
    Arctic sea ice appears to have reached a record low wintertime maximum extent for the second year in a row, according to scientists at the NASA-supported National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSID...
  • GOES-R satellite could provide better data for hurricane prediction
    The launch of the GOES-R geostationary satellite in October 2016 could herald a new era for predicting hurricanes, according to Penn State researchers. The wealth of information from this new s...
  • Insurance for an uncertain climate
    In December, negotiators at the Paris climate meeting adopted insurance as an instrument to aid climate adaptation. Earlier in the year, the leaders of the G7 pledged to bring climate insurance...
  • Predicting severe hail storms
    When a hail storm moved through Fort Worth, Texas on May 5, 1995, it battered the highly populated area with hail up to 4 inches in diameter and struck a local outdoor festival known as the For...
  • Ancient seaweed fossils some of the oldest of multicellular life
    Honing in on when life on Earth evolved from single-celled to multicellular organisms is no easy task. Organisms that old lacked many distinguishing characteristics of modern life forms, making...
  • Genomic study of epidemic dysentery reveals how Europe exported a scourge worldwide
    The largest genetic study on the bacterium responsible for epidemic dysentery has revealed that the Shigella dysenteriae pathogen, which remains a real scourge in Africa and Asia, probably orig...
  • Scientists part the clouds on how droplets form
    There is enough known about cloud formation that replicating its mechanism has become a staple of the school science project scene. But a new study by scientists at the U.S. Department of Energ...
  • Understanding why nights are getting warmer faster than days
    Observations from the last fifty years have shown that the nights have been warming much faster than the days .Analysis of the causes of this more rapid warming at night shows that this is like...Observations from the last fifty years have shown that the nights have been warming much faster than the days. Analysis of the causes of this more rapid warming at night shows that this is like...
  • Warming ocean water undercuts Antarctic ice shelves
    " Upside-down rivers " of warm ocean water threaten the stability of floating ice shelves in Antarctica .According to a new study led by researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder ' s Na..."Upside-down rivers" of warm ocean water threaten the stability of floating ice shelves in Antarctica, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder's Nation...