Tag: Weather
Jet Stream Changes Could Amplify Weather Extremes by 2060s
Jet Stream Changes Could Amplify Weather Extremes by 2060s
Drilling deep into the Greenland ice sheet, researchers reconstructed the jet stream's tumultuous past...
How lightning strikes can improve storm forecasts
Lightning is not only about public safety -- lightning strike data have recently been introduced into weather prediction, and a new UW study shows...
‘Space tsunami’ causes the third Van Allen Belt
An illustration to explain the dynamics of the ultra-relativistic third Van Allen radiation belt, by Andy Kale. Credit: Andy Kale
Earth's magnetosphere, the region of...
Leftover warm water in Pacific Ocean fueled massive El Niño
This is a comparison of the 2015 and 1997 El Niños, two of the strongest on record, in October of each respective year. Observations...