• Tropical Cylone Kofi formed near Fiji

    Tropical Cyclone Kofi (16P formed) near Fiji after lingering in the region for several days as a tropical low pressure area. The system is moving southeastward.

    According to Australia Network News, Tropical Cyclone Kofi, as a low pressure area, had already dropped

  • Tropical Storm “Faxai” developed in Northwestern Pacific

    Tropical Storm "Faxai" organized on February 28, 2014 in Northwestern Pacific Ocean, southeast of the island of Guam and Andersen Air Force Base.System 93W formed into Tropical Depression 03W early on February 28. By 15:00 UTC, the depression strengthened

  • Severe weather warning for stormy conditions across the UK

    Met Office forecasters have issued a red National Severe Weather Warning for stormy conditions across the UK this afternoon and evening. 

    The strongest winds are expected across Wales and northern England with gusts of 128 – 160 km/h (80 – 100 mph) in some

  • Changing climate: How dust changed the face of the Earth

    In spring 2010, the research icebreaker Polarstern returned from the South Pacific with a scientific treasure – ocean sediments from a previously almost unexplored part of the South Polar Sea. What looks like an inconspicuous sample of mud to a layman is, to geological

  • Arctic cyclones more common than previously thought

    Weather data at the Ohio Supercomputer Center reveals in a new study hundreds of smaller storms that had previously escaped detection.

    From 2000 to 2010, about 1 900 cyclones churned across the top of the world each year, leaving warm water and air in their

  • Tropical Cyclone Ian impacts Tonga

    Powerful and rare Category 5 tropical cyclone is starting to affect northern Tonga archipelago. Tropical Cyclone Ian is a first cyclone of the South Pacific season, which typically runs from November through April.

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