Arctic Lightning Strikes Tripled in a Decade
As global warming remakes conditions at the top of the world, lightning inches closer to the North Pole. (Bloomberg)
Tag: "Department of Atmospheric Science"
Wild weather: 4 essential reads about tornadoes and thunderstorms
These four articles from The Conversation’s archives explain how tornadoes form, why night tornadoes are more deadly, and how in rare cases thunderstorms can take a different but equally destructive form – a derecho.
Four CSU researchers selected for NASA team studying air quality and health
Four CSU researchers will interpret NASA data for public benefit as part of NASA’s Health and Air Quality Applied Sciences Team.
Snow, Rain A Welcome Sight In Colorado But Drought Still A Big Problem
“We’ve had three summers in a row with a failed monsoon in western Colorado and also very hot conditions,” said state climatologist Russ Schumacher. (Denver CBS 4)
Researchers see need for better warnings for Colorado residents about health impacts of long-range wildfire smoke
The research team believes there's a lack of communication about smoke from distant wildfires.
Historic drought deepens in the West as window for rain, snow closes
The year 2020 is going to be remembered for a lot of things, many of them not so good. Included in the not-so-good list is the drought that has plagued the West, lasting into 2021. (Washington Post)
Indoors, outdoors, 6 feet apart? Transmission risk of airborne viruses can be quantified
Early in the pandemic, a CSU team set out to quantify the dynamics of how aerosols like viruses travel from one person to another, under different circumstances.
The Colorado River Basin’s Worsening Dryness In Five Numbers
“The droughts that we are seeing are becoming that much more severe because of the temperature component, they’re warmer,” Colorado assistant state climatologist Becky Bolinger said. (KNPR/NPR)
‘Science Moms’ Are On A Climate Change Mission
CSU faculty members Melissa Burt and Emily Fischer speak with Colorado Public Radio about the Science Moms campaign.
Climate change ravaged Colorado and the West with heat and drought in 2020. This year may be worse.
Coloradans also can look out their windows and see the “snow drought” forecasters are talking about when they say snow cover in the West is the worst it has been at any time in the last two decades. (Colorado Sun)