Uplands in the UK could see significantly more annual rainfall in the future than what is currently being predicted in national climate models, according to a new study conducted by University of Plymouth research student, Thomas Murphy, along with academics from…
Severe floods destroyed more than 10 000 homes and displaced at least 57 000 people since heavy rains started in the Central African Republic on October 21, 2019. Red Cross said this has been the state's worst flooding in two decades. Neighborhoods that are…
Hailstones up to 6 cm (2.4 inches) in diameter hit north of Brisbane as dangerous thunderstorms moved across southeast Queensland on November 17, 2019, causing severe damage to cars and homes. The hail came shortly after an emergency warning was issued for bushfires…
Scientists have long suspected that quantum mechanics enables two observers to experience different and conflicting realities– until an experiment was conducted, with the results suggesting that objective reality does not exist. In a study published recently in…
A recently published study showed findings that in the past million years, the high-altitude winds of the southern westerly wind belt – which spans nearly half the Earth – did not behave as uniformly over the Southern Pacific, as initially assumed. The researchers…
Researchers reporting in Nature Communications suggest they've unlocked the secret of explosive volcanism. The team studied samples at Indonesia's Mount Merapi, concluding that explosivity of stratovolcanoes rises when mineral-rich gases seal the pores and…
A former low-pressure area whose pressure pummelled over 24 hPa within a 24-hour period making it a "bomb cyclone" is seen over the seas over Russian Far Easton November 15, 2019. This cyclone is expected to bring heaps of snow to Japan today until…
Typhoon "Fengshen" underwent rapid intensification on November 15, 2019. Typhoon warnings remain in effect for Agrihan, Pagan, and Alamagan in the Northern Mariana Islands. According to Joint Typhoon Warning Center's (JTWC) warning issued at 15:00 UTC,…
Severe thunderstorms left at least 27 people dead and injured over two dozens others during the past 24 hours in the southern Sindh province, Pakistan, officials reported on Friday morning, November 15, 2019. Provincial government spokesman Saeed Ghani said local…
Strong winds, raging waves, and drenching rain are expected to slam regions along the East Coast beginning this weekend, November 16 to November 17, 2019. Gale warnings are in place along the coastline, from South Carolina to New Jersey, as well as storm watches…
