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Atmospheric sciences

GOES-16 three hurricanes
Environment
Humanity has entered a global warming minefield, climate scientists say
Business, Economics and Jobs
Cost of Joplin, Missouri, tornado: $3 billion
Environment
Generation Hot: Impact of climate change on children
Environment
Strange weather and climate change
A sea surface temperature anomaly in the tropical Pacific Ocean during the peak of the 2009-10 El Niño.
Environment
El Niño is back, and global temperature records are in danger
NASA's Airborne Snow Observatory flies above the Sierra Nevada mountain range in California.
Environment
How California is surviving its new water crisis
El Niño Makes Atlantic hurricanes less likely.
Environment
Welcome to the ‘Double El Niño’ — and more extreme weather
dust blizzard perspective graphic
Environment
Floods, blizzards, droughts, and dust storms: The week in perspective
"Spring is coming" — A pedestrian walks past a pile of snow in Boston.
Environment
How is the world getting both a) warmer and b) snowier in some places? Here’s how.
Oliver's TRavels offering rain-free weddings
Business
A British travel company offers a rain-free wedding day
North Pacific storm waves
Environment
Atlantic Ocean currents may be moderating global air temperatures
Funny River fire
Environment
June set a new global temperature record
Funny River fire
Environment
June set a new global temperature record
Environment
Don’t like the weather? Now we can change it
Environment
Don’t like the weather? Now we can change it
A Great White Shark was killed just months after being tagged. Now scientists want to know how.
Global Scan
The search is on for the ‘super predator’ that snacks on Great White Sharks
A Great White Shark was killed just months after being tagged. Now scientists want to know how.
Global Scan
The search is on for the ‘super predator’ that snacks on Great White Sharks
Environment
The Balkans’ flooding is linked to climate change. And here’s how
A man is silhouetted against condensation rising off of Lake Michigan in Chicago on January 6, 2014. Chicago was experiencing historic cold this week.
Environment
Could the polar vortex have something to do with global warming?
Environment
What’s a deep freeze for the US is just another day in northern Canada
Post-Sandy rebuilding in New Jersey
Environment
In post-Sandy New York, a Dutch architect pushes oysters, islands and inlets to fight future floods
Typhoon
Environment
Super Typhoon Haiyan can be blamed on climate change, right? Maybe not
Hurricane Sandy is seen moving towards the east coast of the United States on October 29, 2012.
Environment
In the year since Sandy, scientists grow more certain on reality of climate change
Environment
Hawaii researcher says we’ll first feel the effects of climate change in the tropics
Extreme Weather-Colorado Floods
City of Austin Appeals to Residents to Fight 5-Year Drought
Environment
Research suggests global warming related to increased violence
Environment
Three storm chasers among dead from last week’s Oklahoma tornadoes
Global Politics
In Tornado Alley, weathercasters admired for keeping communities safe
Environment
Scientists find waste heat affects climate in winter
Environment
New model says science under-estimates climate change
Arts, Culture & Media
New Ken Burns documentary looks at Dust Bowl, ‘worst sustained environmental disaster’ in U.S. history
Environment
New York just one of several cities facing increased risk of coastal flooding
Global Politics
MAP: Officials urge caution, warn of danger as Hurricane Sandy becomes ‘Frankenstorm’
Indian meteorologists trying to develop more precise forecasts of critical monsoon rains
Business, Economics and Jobs
Farmers struggle as historic draught diminishes crop yields
Environment
Continental U.S. sets multiple heat records after blistering June
Environment
New study finds greater risk of wildfires in U.S. from climate change; others see decline
Environment
Timely warnings likely saved lives in weekend’s spate of Midwest tornadoes
Global Politics
As Birmingham and other cities clean up, weather service rolling out radar upgrades
Environment
VIDEO: National Guard called to dig out town buried under 10 feet of snow
Environment
VIDEO: Central Plains states rocked by deadly blizzard
VIDEO: Bangkok residents worry floodwaters will innundate city this weekend
Environment
Joplin, Missouri, tornado survivors speak out
Business, Economics and Jobs
Cleanup begins after tornado in Joplin, Missouri
Drought in East Africa
Environment
Requiem for a River
Business, Economics and Jobs
Assessing the costs of the Iowa floods
Environment
Amazon Stories: Rainmaking
Environment
Massive Saharan Dust Cloud Blows Across Atlantic
Development & Education
Toronto Slammed with Record-Setting Thunderstorms and Flash Flooding
Environment
Reflecting on India’s Monsoon Rains
Drought in New Mexico Town Leaves a Village Without Water
Winery Adapting to Climate Change
Teachers: Unsung Heroes of the Oklahoma City Tornado
Conflict & Justice
A Clean Air Act For China?
Environment
In Sandy’s wake, Scientists Explore Links Between Warming Arctic and Extreme Weather
Environment
Canadian Power Workers Lending a Hand on Long Island
Superstorms and Climate Change
Rethinking Urban Design in Hurricane Sandy’s Wake