More than 10,000 people were killed in a devastating cyclone that hit western Burma on Saturday according to Foreign Minister Nyan Win
Tiny Tremors Can Track Extreme Storms In A Warming Planet
Data from faint earth tremors caused by wind-driven ocean waves – often dismissed as “background noise” at seismographic stations around the world – suggest extreme ocean storms have become more frequent over the past three decades.
New Atlases Use NASA Data to Chart Ocean Winds
Several new atlases of ocean wind patterns around the globe, based on data from NASA’s QuikScat satellite, are benefiting a wide range of users, from those who sail the seas to those responsible for managing their precious resources.
Curious Cloud Formations Linked To Quakes
Following the discovery of distinctive cloud formations above an active fault in Iran before each of two large earthquakes occurred, geophysicists Guangmeng Guo and Bin Wang of Nanyang Normal University in Henan, China are investigating whether the two phenomena are somehow linked.
U.S. West Warming Faster Than Rest of World
The U.S. West is heating up at nearly twice the rate of the rest of the world and is likely to face more drought conditions in many of its fast-growing cities.
U.S. Spring Season Forecast: More Record Floods
Major floods across the central United States this week are a preview of the spring seasonal outlook, according to the National Weather Service.
Ocean Wave Heights Rising Along East Coast
Ocean wave heights along the U.S. East Coast have progressively increased during the summer months – the time when hurricanes are most important to wave generation, a new study shows.
La Niña Conditions Strengthen, Expected to Continue
A World Meteorological Organisation press release highlights the strengthening of the current La Nina event and the likelihood that it will continue through to the middle of the year.
NASA Data Link Pollution to Rainy Summer Days in the Southeast
Data from NASA satellites leads scientists to believe air pollution could be the cause of a recently-noticed trend of more common midweek rainfall in the southeastern US.
WMO Strengthens Satellite Strategy to monitor Climate Change
The World Meteorological Organization has received backing from space and meteorological agencies around the world for its project – entitled Global Observing System (GOS) – in the enhanced use of satellites to monitor climate change and weather.