Improving risk estimates for extreme rain and snow

A new study led by scientists from UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography and published in Scientific Reports details an improved method for estimating the likelihood of extreme precipitation events in the western ...

Ancient beaches testify to long-ago ocean on Mars

A Chinese rover that landed on Mars in 2021 detected evidence of underground beach deposits in an area thought to have once been the site of an ancient sea, providing further evidence that the planet long ago had a large ...

Should astronauts be worried about Mars dust?

Every Martian year (which last 686.98 Earth days), the red planet experiences regional dust storms that coincide with summer in the southern hemisphere. Every three Martian years (five and a half Earth years), these storms ...

Hurricanes to hit Atlantic harder and more often, study says

Hurricanes are likely to become more frequent and more intense in both the Atlantic and eastern Pacific oceans over the next decade, a new study has shown, spelling increased danger for coastal communities across North and ...

Report reveals what Britons believe about climate change

A majority of Britons believe climate change is leading to worsening flooding, more severe storms, and rising seas, according to a new report by the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication (YPCCC). The nationally representative ...

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Storm

A storm (from Proto-Germanic *sturmaz "noise, tumult") is any disturbed state of an astronomical body's atmosphere, especially affecting its surface, and strongly implying severe weather. It may be marked by strong wind, thunder and lightning (a thunderstorm), heavy precipitation, such as ice (ice storm), or wind transporting some substance through the atmosphere (as in a dust storm, snowstorm, hailstorm, etc).

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