Weather & Earth Science News

First direct observation of carbon dioxide's increasing greenhouse effect at Earth's surface UK very likely to have its sunniest winter on record (although it's pretty grey and dull today) And February now the coldest month on record in London .......... Ontario Winter storm brings travel chaos to north Texas meanwhile, in the NE, the battle to keep the Hudson open: Ice breakers sent out in New York big freeze as hundreds flock to see ice caves opened by perfect winter conditions Rare hole-punch clouds cause spectacle in the sky over Washington and British Colombia   Flooding in Madagascar's capital kills 14, uproots thousands

Avalanches caused by heavy snow kill at least 124 people in Afghanistan - latest reports now have the death toll over 200 Bolivia flooding displaces thousands in Pando province whilst in Brazil, drought-stricken Sao Paulo hit by floods In the US, at least four deaths across the South blamed on winter storm Remus And slurpee waves!  The moment semi-frozen breakers rolled ashore in New England amid record cold The rain in Spain falls mainly .... everywhere At least in part, the interaction of Atlantic and Pacific oscillations caused 'false pause' in warming The Earth has had 30 straight years of record monthly temperatures - the last time we experienced a month that was below the 1901-2000 average was February 1985 It's hardly a surprise, but felling of tropical trees has soared, satellite shows, not slowed as UN study found And meet Sasha - the world's only baby woolly rhino

Deep freeze descends on large parts of US as cold weather breaks records and likewise in Canada as record cold in February caused by arctic air carried by jet stream        Ocean circulation change: Sea level spiked for two years along Northeastern North America Powerful storm brings flooding, heavy snow to Pakistan and Afghanistan And will the Arctic be ice-free in 40 years? Expert claims temperatures in polar regions are rising four times faster than the rest of the plane t.  Well, it could.  All else being equal.   Doesn't mean it will, nor if it is not that those making such predictions were wrong ....

More signs of climate change?  Dozens of new craters suspected in northern Russia In the US, Texas hit by ice storm as frigid weather returns to winter-weary east with snow on the ground in 48 states as 'Siberian Express' sweeps south whilst one enterprising Boston man builds 40ft tunnel to commute to work .   Yle meteorologist: Spring is here - sort of, maybe - in Finland it's determined when average daytime temperatures rise above 0c .... Perth set for 41c scorcher, State faces widespread fire bans as temperature soars whilst massive bushfires, more intense heatwaves tipped for WA in Climate Council report Snow, sandstorms disrupt roads in China Hundreds of Palestinians left homeless by heavy flooding Malaysia ready to face extreme heat wave Central Spain rumbles as earthquake hits

Britain braced for 50ft supertides, flooding, snowstorms and ice as winter roars back with a vengeance Crowds flock to French coast for 'supertides' Australia storms: Army deployed in massive clean-up Taps run dry in Brazil's biggest city as drought bites And no wonder we get so few in Evesham: thunderstorms are more common in cities than the in countryside - and its all down to pollution

It’s Sharknado! Cyclone Marcia leaves ocean predator stranded on the sand… as surfers hit the beach and houses collapse into the ocean , with Queensland and NT braced for for flooding amid heavy rain Rains, snow dwindle as winter storm abates in Israel Despite cold, Great Lakes' ice recedes 'Supertides' batter French coastline And finally, a strange, true tale as climbers mystified by 'bloodcurdling screaming' on Ben Nevis ....

Cyclone Marcia unleashes her fury on Queensland, whilst Cyclone Lam shrinks to category two in NT Record-breaking cold descends on eastern US - so cold that Niagra Falls has almost completely frozen over .  But already spring has sprung in Oregon Jersualem wakes to blanket of white after overnight storm whilst schools ordered shut as Storm Windy buries Lebannon towns under snow and snow breaks Istanbul record in Mideast cold snap Roads closed in Wales and flood alerts in place over fears of rare super tide Weird weather plot thickens as Arctic swiftly warms Climate change is expanding the tropics - meaning more places at risk of powerful tropical storms Some rain falls faster than physics says it should And an alien star system buzzed the Sun just 70,000 years ago.  Maybe it was Nibiru?!!!