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UN warns El Niño is poised to return and unleash harsher heat, floods, and drought
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (608+ words) crisis." A major climate pattern linked to extreme heat, flooding, drought, and food stress may return sooner...ever recorded and helped drive the record global heat seen in 2024. 💡EDF's Vital Signs newsletter...likelihood of severe and costly extremes. Extreme heat…...
Researchers sound alarm that planes will experience more 'invisible turbulence' over the next few years: 'Limits the life of the aircraft"
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (508+ words) "Even light turbulence is flexing the wings up and down and stressing the airframe." The scariest danger might be the one that you can't see. Flight professionals and researchers are identifying clear-air turbulence as a flying hazard to watch in…...
New study reveals unexpected results after using AI tools to predict extreme weather: 'Their ability … remains unclear"
8+ mon, 4+ day ago (325+ words) extreme conditions. They identified more than 162,000 heat records, nearly 33,000 cold records, and over 53,000...timeframes. The AI tools often underestimated how hot heat waves would get and overstated how cold freezing...when the stakes are high. Planning for dangerous heat, managing…...
Forecasters warn California of 'strongest El Niño ever' as flood-insurance window narrows
2+ week, 3+ day ago (372+ words) "We are now explicitly expecting the strongest El Niño event ever observed." Forecasters have said Southern California may be in for an intense winter, with a powerful El Niño expected to increase rainfall, raise tides, and heighten flood risk across…...
Montana wildfire reprieve may be ending as July heat rapidly dries grasses
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (553+ words) early wildfire fears in Montana, prolonged July heat is rapidly drying the grasses and brush that had...trend could quickly worsen conditions. "This heat will begin to stress finer fuels, such as grasses,"... Instead, a mix of warm winters, intense…...
Green polo field in drought-hit England sparks backlash over watering from a low lake
2+ week, 5+ day ago (291+ words) "I don't buy the line that they are only watering when games are played." To many people, the picture is not simply an odd contrast in landscaping. It has become a shorthand for how unequal water scarcity can seem when…...
Water suppliers in England warn shortages could hit within weeks as rivers run low
3+ week, 4+ day ago (509+ words) Water companies are pursuing emergency and preventive measures to help the issue. A warning from multiple water companies in England shows how quickly access to a basic necessity can come under strain. In several parts of the country, residents are…...
Satellite photos reveal breadth of intense winter storms: 'The snowpack was at 73% of the typical level"
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (401+ words) The abundant snow even forced Yosemite National Park to close temporarily. Recent stunning satellite imagery of the snowcapped Sierra Nevada reveals the expansion of snow to lower altitudes, covering parts of the southern section that were snow-free only 10 days prior....