Scientists from Rutgers University-New Brunswick and Atmospheric and Environmental Research (AER) have linked the frequency of extreme winter weather in the United States to Arctic temperatures. Their research was published today in Nature Communications. “Basically, this confirms the story I’ve been telling for a couple of years now,” said study co-author Jennifer Francis, research professor of marine and coastal […]
Space weather affects snowplow drivers carving through Thompson Pass in a whiteout, Iowa farmers dropping seeds of corn, and wedding planners who release white doves during the ceremony. These and other customers subscribe to daily forecasts from the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center in Boulder, Colorado. Rodney Viereck works there. He and his teammates monitor […]
Houston, the fourth largest U.S. city, and large parts of southeastern Texas are under water, overwhelmed by tropical storm rains of historic proportions, and the heavy rain resumed Sunday night, making rescuers’ tasks more difficult. Hundreds of rescue operations have been underway throughout the area — by helicopter, by boat, by rescue crews churning through […]
Inclement weather and heavy seas drove four fishing boats, laden with fish, aground in Bristol Bay in different parts of Nushagak Bay on Monday. No injuries were reported in the grounding of the partially submerged vessels on Monday. Good Samaritan vessels were able to extract all captains and crews. The incidents occurred after a week […]