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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.
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.
2016 was Australia’s fourth warmest year on record, capping off the hottest decade.
Severe storms bring a complex mixture of weather conditions, often in a very localised area. This unpredictability can make them very damaging, and very hard to study too.
Researchers have found a disaster “hotspot” in northern New South Wales, where nearly half of the state’s most disadvantaged communities are found.
The Mekong Delta is gradually being washed away, as less sediment is delivered downstream.
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Professor of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, University of Dayton
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Adjunct Professor of Environmental Geography, CQUniversity Australia
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Research Scientist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
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Professor of Atmospheric Science and Colorado State Climatologist, Colorado State University
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Professor, Climate Change Research Centre, UNSW
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Meteorologist and Research Program Manager, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Distinguished Scholar, National Center for Atmospheric Research; Affiliate Faculty, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Professor of Geography & Environmental Systems, Associate Dean of the Graduate School, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Professor of Geography, University of Tennessee
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Assistant Professor of Geography, Middle Tennessee State University
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Professor of Meteorology, Senior Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education, Penn State
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Professorial Fellow, School of Earth Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Distinguished Professor of Meteorology, Penn State
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Professor of Physical Geography, University of the Witwatersrand
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Principal Research Scientist in Extreme Weather, The University of Melbourne