What creates such dramatic storms across the US Great Plains? The key factors are topography and temperature differences.
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A climatologist who studies precipitation trends explains how climate change is projected to make flooding events in the Midwest more severe and more frequent.
Why is thunder so loud? It’s because the amount of electrical energy that flows from the cloud to the ground is so enormous.
There are many reasons to be careful when there’s a big storm. But there are also ways you can protect yourself to avoid lightning.
Recreating freak waves can tell us a lot about the nature of the sea.
The future climate that scientists predict for the middle of the United States is one that will foster more hail events with bigger hailstones.
Hurricanes in the southern US have caused widespread damage inland in recent decades, mainly through river flooding. But evacuations and stormproofing focus almost entirely on keeping people safe on the coasts.
Technology can only go so far in making sense of our vast and intricate atmosphere.
Why can’t meteorologists call the weather correctly every time? Blame the battle of the weather models.
Extreme weather led to starfish mass strandings along beaches in Kent and East Yorkshire.
The US was hit by a ‘bomb cyclone’ last week, bringing icy cold and driving snow. These storms develop very rapidly, forming outside the tropics, typically on continental east coasts in winter.
Geostorm is the newest addition to the Hollywood climate doom canon. It is terrible, which is why you should think about this genre but under no circumstances actually watch this movie.
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.
Saturated media coverage of hurricanes like Harvey and Irma can make it seem like disasters happen all the time. Is the frequency of billion-dollar disasters really rising?
Extreme weather is hard enough for those with a home. But imagine losing everything you own in a storm - that’s the experience of many homeless people forced to live out in the open during wild weather.
The unpredictability of hurricanes makes it hard to say for sure whether climate change is making them worse. But we do know that sea-level rise and increased evaporation will worsen the impacts.
The ocean warming that might increase the threat of a catastrophic storm could also create the conditions for a natural defensive barrier.
Bad weather conditions often force schools to make unplanned closures.
We’re more likely to remember a storm with a human face – and will prepare for it.
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Research Scientist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
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Professor of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, University of Dayton
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Associate Professor of Atmospheric Science and Colorado State Climatologist, Colorado State University
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Professor of Physical Geography, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor of Meteorology, Central Michigan University
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Professor of Physical Geography, James Cook University
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Professor of Geography & Environmental Systems, Associate Dean of the Graduate School, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Principal Research Scientist, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Climate Change Research Centre, UNSW Sydney
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Honorary Professor of Hazards and Disaster Risk Sciences, University of Sydney
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Professorial Fellow, School of Earth Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Assistant Professor of Geography, Middle Tennessee State University
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Associate Professor of Geography, University of Tennessee
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Associate Professor in Earth System Science, University of Exeter
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Chief Investigator on the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes; ARC Future Fellow, UNSW Sydney
