Video: Be ‘air quality aware’ due to wildfire smoke
CSU researchers found that local wildfires were associated with decreases in hospitalizations, especially for asthma.
CSU researchers found that local wildfires were associated with decreases in hospitalizations, especially for asthma.
“The whole appearance of the ocean was like a plain covered with snow. There was scarce a cloud in the heavens, yet the sky … appeared as black as if a storm was raging."
Researchers said soils aren’t soaking up as much of the snow melt, which leads to more water in the rivers.
Scientists have warned for over 50 years about increases in extreme events arising from subtle changes in average climate, but many people have been shocked by the ferocity of recent weather disasters.
These climate researchers have a message for mothers everywhere: The Earth is running a temperature, posing real perils for kids. And moms have a critical role to play in solutions.
Here’s what climate normals are, how they’ve changed, and how you can best make sense of them.
HFCs are much less harmful than the chemicals they replaced, but they have a strong heat-trapping effect that is contributing to global warming.
The map shows effects from deforestation, mining, urbanization and increasing agriculture.
Is reflecting sunlight back into space or modifying clouds a potential tool for countering climate change?
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.