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Newswise: Hurricane Ida ‘may be one of the best observed landfalling hurricanes’
Released: 3-Sep-2021 11:50 AM EDT
Hurricane Ida ‘may be one of the best observed landfalling hurricanes’
University of Oklahoma

A research team led by Michael Biggerstaff, a professor of meteorology in the College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences at the University of Oklahoma, successfully captured data with mobile radars and other weather instruments as Hurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana.

Released: 31-Aug-2021 10:35 AM EDT
Sandia Uncovers Hidden Factors That Affect Solar Farms During Severe Weather
Sandia National Laboratories

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories researchers combined large sets of real-world solar data and advanced machine learning to study the impacts of severe weather on U.S. solar farms, and sort out what factors affect energy generation. Their results were published earlier this month in the scientific journal Applied Energy.

Released: 24-Aug-2021 12:20 PM EDT
Would we still have severe thunderstorms over North America if the Gulf of Mexico were filled in with land?
Purdue University

The eastern half of the U.S is one of the principal hot spots for severe thunderstorm activity, especially tornadoes, globally.

Released: 19-Aug-2021 3:00 PM EDT
VIDEO AND TRANSCRIPT AVAILABLE: Breakthrough Cases and COVID Boosters: Live Expert Panel for August 18, 2021
Newswise

Expert Q&A: Do breakthrough cases mean we will soon need COVID boosters? The extremely contagious Delta variant continues to spread, prompting mask mandates, proof of vaccination, and other measures. Media invited to ask the experts about these and related topics.

Released: 19-Aug-2021 8:30 AM EDT
Increased snowfall will offset sea level rise from melting Antarctic ice sheet, new study finds
University of Bristol

A new study predicts that any sea level rise in the world’s most southern continent will be countered by an increase in snowfall, associated with a warmer Polar atmosphere. Using modern methods to calculate projected changes to sea levels, researchers discovered that the two ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica respond differently, reflecting their very distinct local climates.

Released: 12-Aug-2021 8:30 AM EDT
FAU Experts for the 2021 Hurricane Season
Florida Atlantic University

With hurricane season in full force, several Florida Atlantic University faculty experts are available to discuss various issues surrounding hurricane preparedness, evacuation and aftermath.

Released: 11-Aug-2021 12:45 PM EDT
Project Funded to Digitize and Mine Weather Data From Whaling Logbooks
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Woods Hole, MA (August 11, 2021) — An ongoing collaborative effort by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (UMassD), and Providence Public Library (PPL), has received a grant from Rhode Island-based FM Global, an insurance company that has focused on research and science-based ways to mitigate property risk for years.

5-Aug-2021 1:40 PM EDT
NAU’s Kaufman Lead Author on IPCC Global Climate Change Report
Northern Arizona University

Team of NAU paleoclimatologists contribute to major report by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, forming scientific underpinnings for negotiations to limit carbon emissions worldwide

Released: 6-Aug-2021 8:45 AM EDT
New, High-Resolution Models Merge Weather and Climate
Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology

Torrential rain and flooding have dominated the weather over the past few weeks. To forecast these weather events with greater accuracy and gain a better understanding of them against the backdrop of global climate change, ETH Zurich and partners are developing a new generation of high-resolution weather and climate models.

Released: 4-Aug-2021 12:40 PM EDT
Flood Risks Were Clearly Underestimated
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

To better estimate flood risks, risk maps should also consider historical data.

Released: 4-Aug-2021 9:00 AM EDT
World-Renowned Data Science Experts to Discuss the Future of Digital Fairness
Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences

ICDS's two-day Fall Symposium will be held Oct. 6 and 7, bringing together researchers from around the U.S. to discuss data, equity, reproducibility and other topics related to fairness in data science.

Released: 26-Jul-2021 1:25 PM EDT
Climate Experts Share Insights in New Report From Argonne’s America Resilient Conference
Argonne National Laboratory

America Resilient proposed key ways to mitigate the degree of likely human suffering, loss of biodiversity, and disruptions to critical societal systems by building resilience and mitigating the effects of climate change in the United States.

Released: 26-Jul-2021 12:30 PM EDT
Paper on Climate Model’s Warming Bias Co-Authored by UAH’s Dr. Christy Is Top Download
University of Alabama Huntsville

A research paper that found a significant warming bias globally in the newest climate models has been cited by the American Geophysical Union (AGU) as among the top 10% most downloaded in 2020 from its journal Earth and Space Science.

Released: 22-Jul-2021 2:10 PM EDT
DOE Announces $11 Million to Study Critical Ecosystems and Improve Climate and Earth System Modeling
Department of Energy, Office of Science

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $11 million in funding for new research studying how critical ecosystems, such as forests, arid lands, and coastal environments, are impacted by extreme weather events, such as floods, droughts, and heat waves.

Released: 14-Jul-2021 12:30 PM EDT
Global climate trend since Dec. 1 1978: +0.14 C per decade
University of Alabama Huntsville

Global Temperature Report: June 2021 (New Reference Base, 1991-2020)

Released: 8-Jul-2021 12:55 PM EDT
Machine learning models based on thermal data predict solar radiation
University of Cordoba

A research team at the University of Córdoba has developed and evaluated models for the prediction of solar radiation in nine locations in southern Spain and North Carolina (USA).

Released: 7-Jul-2021 5:20 PM EDT
Professor Engineers Radar Tools to Monitor Space Weather
Cornell University

David Hysell, Professor of Engineering at Cornell University, is using funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to develop new radar tools and techniques for monitoring space weather, through both upgrades to the world’s largest radar and the creation of a new radar system at Cornell.

Released: 29-Jun-2021 3:15 PM EDT
Hotter, more frequent droughts threaten California's iconic blue oak woodlands
Frontiers

The devastating 2012 - 2016 drought in California triggered widespread tree cover loss and die-offs of a variety of species in the region.

Released: 25-Jun-2021 9:30 AM EDT
UAH-led space weather prediction research could be critical to Space Force Command
University of Alabama Huntsville

Research to improve space weather predictions by Dr. Nikolai Pogorelov at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, will boost abilities crucial to the success of the defense mission of the Space Force Command that’s set to be located in Huntsville, Ala.

Released: 3-Jun-2021 9:45 AM EDT
GCOOS Spring Meeting Includes Hurricane Update, Board Election Results
Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System-Regional Association (GCOOS-RA)

The Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System (GCOOS) recently hosted its annual Spring Meeting online, providing updates to members and supporters about the ocean observing system focused on the Gulf of Mexico.

Released: 26-May-2021 3:35 PM EDT
Researchers examine record-shattering 2020 trans-Atlantic dust storm
University of Kansas

For two weeks in June 2020, a massive dust plume from Saharan Africa crept westward across the Atlantic, blanketing the Caribbean and Gulf Coast states in the U.S. The dust storm was so strong, it earned the nickname "Godzilla."

Released: 30-Apr-2021 12:15 PM EDT
Icebreaker's cyclone encounter reveals faster sea ice decline
University of Alaska Fairbanks

In August 2016 a massive storm on par with a Category 2 hurricane churned in the Arctic Ocean.

Released: 21-Apr-2021 11:25 AM EDT
FSU experts available to comment on Tropical Storm Elsa
Florida State University

By: Bill Wellock | Published: April 20, 2021 | 3:15 pm | SHARE: Florida State University faculty are among the world leaders in the study of hurricanes.From forecasting to insurance to ecological aftermath, FSU experts are available to discuss the many ways these storms impact people, property and the environment.These faculty members are available to answer media questions and provide perspective for news stories throughout the 2021 hurricane season, which runs from June 1 through Nov.

Released: 15-Apr-2021 3:10 PM EDT
For Better Predictions, Researchers Evaluate Tropical Cyclone Simulation in the Energy Exascale Earth System Model
Department of Energy, Office of Science

Infrastructure planning requires accurately predicting how tropical cyclones respond to environmental changes. To make those predictions, researchers use Earth system models. In this research, scientists analyzed tropical cyclones simulated by the Department of Energy’s Energy Exascale Earth System Model (E3SM). They found that high resolution is critical to simulating tropical cyclones and their interactions with the ocean.

Released: 31-Mar-2021 5:20 PM EDT
Study details how Middle East dust intensifies summer monsoons on Indian subcontinent
University of Kansas

New research from the University of Kansas published in Earth-Science Reviews offers insight into one of the world's most powerful monsoon systems: the Indian summer monsoon.

Released: 29-Mar-2021 2:55 PM EDT
How will climate change affect hailstorms?
University of New South Wales

Hail severity may increase in most regions of the world while Australia and Europe are expected to experience more hailstorms as a result of climate change, an international review led by a UNSW Sydney researcher has found.

Released: 24-Mar-2021 2:40 PM EDT
Tiny raindrops pose big challenges: Argonne researchers improve climate models, prediction of climate change
Argonne National Laboratory

Drizzle in marine clouds is a key parameter for achieving more accurate climate predictions. Argonne developed novel techniques to retrieve drizzle properties and will expand its research to the aerosol impact on clouds and precipitation.

Released: 17-Mar-2021 2:55 PM EDT
The blast that shook the ionosphere
Hokkaido University

A 2020 explosion in Lebanon's port city of Beirut led to a southward-bound, high-velocity atmospheric wave that rivaled ones generated by volcanic eruptions.

Released: 11-Mar-2021 2:05 PM EST
The secrets of the best rainbows on Earth
University of Hawaii at Manoa

Rainbows are some of the most spectacular optical phenomena in the natural world and Hawai'i has an amazing abundance of them.

Released: 10-Mar-2021 1:05 PM EST
Climate change could have direct consequences on malaria transmission in Africa
N/A

The slowdown in global warming that was observed at the end of last century was reflected by a decrease in malaria transmission in the Ethiopian highlands, according to a study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), an institution supported by "la Caixa" Foundation, and the University of Chicago.

   
Released: 3-Mar-2021 9:45 AM EST
Global climate trend since Dec. 1 1978: +0.14 C per decade
University of Alabama Huntsville

Global Temperature Report: February 2021 (New Reference Base, 1991-2020)

Released: 3-Mar-2021 8:25 AM EST
Rating tornado warnings charts a path to improve forecasts
University of Washington

A new method to rate tornado warnings shows that nighttime tornadoes in the U.S. have a lower probability of detection and a higher false-alarm rate than other events. Summertime tornadoes, occurring in June, July or August, also are more likely to evade warning.

Released: 2-Mar-2021 4:05 PM EST
Space hurricane observed for the first time
University of Reading

The first observations of a space hurricane have been revealed in Earth's upper atmosphere, confirming their existence and shedding new light on the relationship between planets and space.

Released: 1-Mar-2021 10:50 AM EST
Researchers aim to advance NY winter-storm emergency response
Cornell University

Partnering with community organizations, Cornell University researchers are developing and planning a hyperlocal weather forecasting system designed to improve winter-storm emergency response and enhance natural disaster coordination for New York state’s rural communities.

Released: 25-Feb-2021 10:55 AM EST
Risk Communication Experts Analyze Visual Responses to Tornado Warning Graphics
University at Albany, State University of New York

The analysis used a combination of eye-tracking methods and “think aloud” interviews to investigate what visual features attract attention and/or cue a call to action around an emerging threat.

22-Feb-2021 9:00 AM EST
Low-Level Jets Create Winds of Change for Turbines
American Institute of Physics (AIP)

Global wind power capacity has increased more than fivefold over the past decade, leading to larger turbines, but low-level jets are one cause for concern. The effects of these strong, energetic wind flows depend on how high the wind flows are in relation to the turbines. In the Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, researchers considered three different scenarios in which the LLJs were above, below, and in the middle of the turbine rotors.

Released: 19-Feb-2021 2:55 PM EST
FSU experts available to comment on extreme weather, link to climate change
Florida State University

As many areas of the country grapple with extreme winter weather, scientists are  examining the root causes of these conditions.  Florida State University experts are available to provide context for these news stories.  Brad Johnson, Department of Geography, College of Social Sciences and Public Policy Bdjohnson@fsu.

Released: 10-Feb-2021 10:05 AM EST
US Air Force, ORNL launch next-generation global weather forecasting system
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

The U.S. Air Force and the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory launched a new high-performance weather forecasting computer system that will provide a platform for some of the most advanced weather modeling in the world.

Released: 29-Jan-2021 1:05 PM EST
Human activity caused the long-term growth of greenhouse gas methane
National Institute for Environmental Studies

Methane (CH4) is the second most important greenhouse gas after carbon dioxide (CO2).

Released: 22-Jan-2021 11:55 AM EST
Tiny Particles that Seed Clouds Can Form from Trace Gases Over Open Sea
Brookhaven National Laboratory

New results from an atmospheric study over the Eastern North Atlantic reveal that tiny aerosol particles that seed the formation of clouds can form out of next to nothingness over the open ocean. Understanding the process will improve how aerosols and clouds are represented in models that describe Earth’s climate.

Released: 21-Jan-2021 1:30 PM EST
Debunking Senator Ted Cruz's Claims on Rejoining the Paris Climate Agreement
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

Rejoining the Paris Agreement signals that the United States intends to do its part to cut global emissions to reduce future warming and, importantly, to reduce future losses from climate-worsened disasters for all Americans.

   
Released: 19-Jan-2021 9:20 AM EST
Story tips: Volcanic microbes, unbreakable bonds and flood mapping
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

ORNL story tips: Volcanic microbes, unbreakable bonds and flood mapping

Released: 14-Jan-2021 2:25 PM EST
NASA product tracks global growing seasons
South Dakota State University

Scientists can track the growing season globally for free through the NASA land surface phenology project.



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