Extratropical storms are fueled by interactions between warm and cold air masses.
Published Aug 12, 2016
In July 2016, Super Typhoon Nepartak became the season’s first major storm to strike the northeast Pacific.
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Severe snowfall has become rare, so shepherds and tourists were not well prepared for this event.
Published Aug 6, 2016
A massive tree planting effort may be weakening the intensity of dust storms.
Published Aug 5, 2016
Tropical Storm Earl spun up over the Caribbean Sea before making landfall over as a category 1 hurricane.
Published Aug 4, 2016
In summer 2016, flooding of historic proportions swamped the Yangtze River Basin.
Published Jul 30, 2016
A bloom of coccolithophores imparted a milky turquoise color to a fjord in western Washington’s Puget Sound.
Published Jul 29, 2016
The blaze near Angeles National Forest has led to the evacuation of 10,000 homes.
Published Jul 25, 2016
Dry, windy weather promoted the blaze near Big Sur and Monterey.
Published Jul 25, 2016
An uncommon display of cloud streets formed off of the northern coast of Australia.
Published Jul 24, 2016
Fire charred forests along the North Rim of the Grand Canyon in July 2016.
Published Jul 20, 2016
July 2016 was a busy time for tropical cyclones in the Eastern Pacific.
Published Jul 18, 2016
Colorado’s Beaver Creek and Hayden Pass fires continue to blaze.
Published Jul 14, 2016
The Hayden Pass Fire has forced the evacuation of more than 100 homes since July 8.
Published Jul 12, 2016
It is unusual to see large dust events emerge from South America’s west coast, according to atmospheric scientists.
Published Jul 12, 2016
A bloom large enough to be visible from space shows up off the coast of New Jersey.
Published Jul 10, 2016
In early July 2016, storm clouds churned above the western Pacific Ocean as a super typhoon swept toward Taiwan.
Published Jul 7, 2016
In July 2016, phytoplankton in the Barents Sea turned the surface waters milky blue.
Published Jul 6, 2016
New research explores a connection between dust storms, the water cycle, and water levels in the Caspian Sea.
Published Jun 10, 2016
The volcano is erupting for the first time in 60 years.
Published May 31, 2016
The Fort McMurray wildfire remains out of control, burning under high to extreme fire conditions.
Published May 25, 2016
A shift in the winds has put worker camps north of Fort McMurray at risk.
Published May 17, 2016
Phytoplankton and stirred up sediments deliver a splash of spring color to the Black Sea.
Published May 13, 2016
Winds flowing around Heard Island in the southwestern Indian Ocean shaped the clouds into a line of spirals.
Published May 8, 2016
In April 2016, smoke blanketed the region during an unusually active fire season.
Published Apr 29, 2016
The lake in central Africa is in the middle of a whiting event caused by calcium carbonate precipitation.
Published Apr 26, 2016
The category 5 storm became the most intense on record for the Indian Ocean.
Published Apr 20, 2016
A spring storm dumped several inches of snow across the Upper Midwest and Northeast.
Published Apr 6, 2016
After a year of relative calm, the Alaskan volcano burst back into action in late March 2016.
Published Apr 3, 2016
Cool air moving across Arctic sea ice gives rise to long parallel bands of cumulus clouds over the Norwegian Sea.
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