Weather & Earth Science News

At least 17 reported tornadoes hit Central US during severe weather outbreak with close-up footage of Arkansas tornado Meanwhile, the temperatures hit 100 degrees in Oklahoma and Texas, as simmering summerlike heat expands across the South Yesterday saw snow and plunging temperatures across UK on first day of British Summer Time as high pressure brings winter back to Europe   - no snow here, of course! The Great Barrier Reef suffers third mass bleaching in five years And Arctic sea ice below normal despite a seasonal bump

It may be spring, but they've just has the first snow of 2020 in Majorca Something to do whilst in lockdown? Help needed to rescue UK's old rainfall records Coronavirus: Lockdowns continue to suppress European pollution whilst another interactive map shows how nitrogen dioxide levels have dropped across the US as millions stay home amid coronavirus pandemic .  But on the negative side, weather predictions being affected by coronavirus outbreak due to the fall in aircraft data to feed into models As the ocean warms, marine species relocate toward the poles And as we move to Bloody Silly Time tomorrow, a reminder that moving clocks forward an hour may be dangerous for millions of people with heart problems due to the loss of sleep .  For once though, it really won't affect me ....

Over the weekend, a 5.3 magnitude earthquake rocks Croatia's capital Zagreb Heavy snow and high winds bring storm warnings for the interior of Alaska How the right dose of geoengineering could reduce climate change risks And  east Antarctica's Denman Glacier has retreated almost 3 miles over the last 22 years

Five killed and one more missing in Indiana bridge collapse as storm stretching 1,000 miles from Texas to Ohio batters the U.S. with torrential rain, tornadoes and blizzards  Earlier in the week a 5.7 magnitude earthquake in Utah knocks out power to thousands and diverts flights And one little piece of, possibly, good news as newfound Comet ATLAS is getting really bright, really fast and could be a naked eye object by late April

Generally speaking, Mother Nature is helping us by keeping severe weather around the world to a minimum, but in the USA, ten million Americans are hit by severe storms as tornadoes flip cars in Texas, Colorado is struck by blizzard and Air Force evacuates spy planes from Nebraska base whilst one third of the lower 48 faces risk of flooding this spring, weather service says .   But at least coronavirus ends LA’s notorious smog and air pollution as people stay home and avoid roads And it's possible that coronavirus has saved 1,000s of lives in China due to decreasing pollution levels, claim experts Spanish temperatures to soar in Spring after their second warmest winter on record Flooding in northern Iraq stirs fears of landslides And new analysis suggests that the global warming influence on extreme weather events has been frequently underestimated  

Coronavirus: Air pollution and CO2 fall rapidly as virus spreads whilst Venice's canals are the cleanest they've been in living memory after coronavirus lockdown leaves water clear and fish become visible - the virus is already helping the planet heal ...... Hmmmm. Grace gravity mission captures Greenland ice loss And how Mercury's scorching daytime heat may help it make its own ice at caps

Coronavirus continues to affect the weather with few extreme events being reported around the world ..... (although to be fair this is often a quiet time of year anyway).    This is, of course, a good thing!   Last thing we need now are floods and cyclones.    But if we need some more gloomy news ..... even a limited India-Pakistan nuclear war would bring global famine, says study Researchers determine that extreme temperature events in Dublin up 20% in eight years New research first to relate Antarctic sea ice melt to weather change in tropics And hardly a surprise to find that when it comes to climate change: The rich are to blame, international study finds

Last week, storms bring widespread floods to Egypt, killing 5 Torrential downpours cause landslides in Kashmir Tropical Cyclone Herold forms off the coast of Madagascar More benefits of covid-19 and corona-panic as satellite footage shows 'notable drop' in air pollution over Italy after coronavirus lockdown restricts transport and industrial activity .  Interesting that the area of highest pollution in Italy was where the major European outbreak started ....   Wuhan in China also had bad air pollution (though to be fair not the worst in China).   Coincidence? The Earth just had its second-warmest winter, NOAA finds 2019 was bad year for floods and drought in England, say charities In the USA what happened to winter? Named winter storm pace at a record low Greenland and Antarctica ice loss accelerating Evidence that an ancient tsunami may have struck Falkland Islands and it could happen again - but maybe not for a million years

As the world succumbs to covid-19, the weather seems to have gone to sleep ....  Not much being reported, anyway.   Flooding continues to affect parts of Britain though.  Last Thursday night saw cars stuck as floods hit Maidstone, Yalding, Marden, Tonbridge and more whilst yesterday saw flood rescues after two people get trapped in cars in Wales Both the Arctic, Antarctica see below mean sea ice in February What happened to all the snow in Norway?  Climate change swept the planet in 2019, WMO report finds And how an ancient shell shows days were half-hour shorter 70 million years ago

Europe experiences exceptionally warm winter , a massive 3.4c above average - although has to be said records only go back to 1979 But despite the mild winter and general lack of snow in Scotland, the past few weeks have seen a bit of an upturn, especially in the White Corries on Rannoch Moor where there has been 'four metres' of snow in three weeks at ski centre Flood-hit families face seeing their homes demolished because water damage has left them beyond repair   whilst one unfortunate family is forced to flee dream £400,000 new-build home after river sweeps away their entire garden in Storm Dennis - but the danger of buying a property near a river, due to flooding, has been known since at least the 1990s ....  At least 24 dead as more deadly floods and landslides hit southeastern Brazil The size of Australia's bushfire crisis captured in five big numbers And whilst people panic over what is for most just a mild cold, the real concern should be that t

Tornadoes kill 25 in Tennessee, shredding buildings in Nashville area The UK saw record breaking rainfall with all parts having their wettest ever February, except Scotland where it was the second wettest.   Overall, it was also the 5th wettest and 5th mildest winter, with many places entirely snow-free.  And a wet, stormy February brings record rainfall to many places in Eire too. Elsewhere in Europe, February in Finland exceptionally mild and rainy while in Moscow, people adjust to a winter without snow: 'It's like we're at a resort' And it's been too warm for eiswein: Mild winter hits special German wine In Australia, BOM forecasts more rain as ex-tropical cyclone Esther drags moisture across the continent Brazil hit by deadly rain and landslides .  Again. The uncertain science of forecasting snow Geologists determine early Earth was a 'water world' by studying exposed ocean crust And how firefighters save horse blo

Homes in New York become 'igloos' and trap residents inside after strong winds blow water off Lake Erie and turn it to ice At Snaith, in East Yorkshire, flooded homeowners open their doors to reveal terrible scenes of misery from 15-day deluge as more rain arrive s - though I really don't see why that want Boris to visit them!  Surely it's enough of a disaster as it is .... Meanwhile, closer to home, Worcester and Shropshire flooding 'not over yet' and a warning that Storm Dennis is 'a taste of things to come' for Wales As BOM says last summer was the second-hottest on record , new data shows that Australian summers 'twice as long as winters' - though here we don't even have winter any more!   Though not everywhere was as warm, it was actually a cool summer for parts of Australia , especially Melbourne. And we're not the only ones seeing warmer than normal weather.  Moscow winter 'warmest since records began'