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The future climate that scientists predict for the middle of the United States is one that will foster more hail events with bigger hailstones.
Don’t believe the skeptics or the conspiracy theorists: Weather forecasters can’t slant hurricane warnings to make political points.
How do experts know when and where the next big hurricane is going to hit? A look at the complicated science of forecasting.
Technology can only go so far in making sense of our vast and intricate atmosphere.
And how long before such extreme heatwaves become the ‘new norm’ across the region?
Yesterday’s weather helps make sense of today’s, but how will this change as the climate changes?
When you see a bolt of lightning, do you immediately start counting to see how far off a storm is? An atmospheric scientist parses the practice.
Why can’t meteorologists call the weather correctly every time? Blame the battle of the weather models.
The skies can tell us when there might be trouble ahead.
Governments and private companies have been seeding clouds to create snow for decades, without proof that it actually works. A recent study peered into clouds in search of answers.
Wind is just air moving from one place where there is high pressure to another place where there is low pressure.
But it’s too early to tell whether climate change is to blame.
To answer this question from Fiona, age 6, we need to know some things about clouds and light.
At the time, their existence was unknown.
European tornadoes may not come along as often as their US counterparts but they are a real threat and need to be taken seriously.
Pictures of ocean bays emptied of water as Hurricane Irma moved through the Caribbean and Florida show that storm surges can move away from the coast, as well as onto it.
An expert in extreme weather events explains why the rain – and thus flooding – associated with Hurricane Harvey has been ‘unprecedented.’
Meteorology researchers across the country are prepping experiments for the mini-night the eclipse will bring on August 21 – two minutes and 36 seconds without the sun in the middle of the day.
The weather segment at the end of news bulletins has stuck to a familiar format for more than 50 years. But the question of who should actually present the weather has been in a constant state of flux.
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Associate Professor of Atmospheric Science and Colorado State Climatologist, Colorado State University
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Visiting Fellow in Meteorology, University of Reading
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Visiting Fellow, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor, School of Mathematical And Physical Sciences, University of Technology Sydney
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Research Fellow, Monash University
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Professeur écologie et aménagement forestier, Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT)
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Professor of Hydrology, University of Reading
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Professor Emerita of Geography, University of California, Santa Barbara
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Professor of Practice in Meteorology, Professor of International Affairs & Director Center for Solutions to Weather and Climate Risk, Penn State
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Assistant State Climatologist and Research Scientist in Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University
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Professor of Journalism, La Trobe University
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Assistant Professor of Meteorology, Mississippi State University
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Lecturer in Meteorology, University of Reading
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Postdoctoral Research Scientist in Meteorology, University of Reading
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Professeur-chercheur en écologie forestière, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC)
