Weather & Earth Science News

Destructive hail bombards areas near Oklahoma City, Fort Worth and San Antonio Iceland's Fagradalsfjall Volcano continues spectacular eruption after being dormant for 6,000 years Climate change concerns rise as cave deposits show surprising shift in permafrost over the last 400,000 years - before then it used to melt "regularly" but has been stable since.  meaning CO2 deposits have built up .....  Now it IS melting again ..... And a new study shows how g lobal glacier retreat has accelerated whilst more than a third of Antarctic ice shelf area at risk of collapse as planet warms

It's been the frostiest April for at least 60 years in UK Video footage shows cars almost submerged as flooding tears through Mecca Bangladesh hits highest temperature in 7 years: 41.2 C Magnitude 6 earthquake hits India's northeast, causing significant damage And how microplastics are literally pouring from the sky

Dry spell sparks wildfires across the UK after one of the driest Aprils for years and in Ireland, Killarney National Park wildfire burns for third night This comes as dry weather causing problems for farmers in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire And there are also wildfire infernos in Western Siberia as drivers in Novosibirsk region report zero visibility Twister and rainbow appear side by side in stunning image taken during massive storm in northern Texas Researchers discover why lightning branches and flickers Sea ice highs and lows 2020–21: Downward trends in polar ice continue   Icy clouds could have kept early Mars warm enough for rivers and lakes And  climate has shifted the axis of the Earth, study finds

 On Slieve Donard: Firefighters return to tackle Mourne Mountain blaze  In Angola: Luanda flood death toll rises to 24, thousands displaced No real surprise to learn that 2020 was the warmest year on record for Europe with temperatures more than 2.8°F above average, new report reveals Met Office and Microsoft to build climate supercomputer Nasa's Ingenuity helicopter makes second Mars flight and Mars has right ingredients for present-day microbial life beneath its surface, study finds And why the world should pay attention to Taiwan's drought

Last week the Jurassic Coast has biggest landslide ‘in 60 years’ as beach buried in rubble whilst this week in Wales, after the Nefyn beach landslide: People advised to temporarily move 20 missing as typhoon triggers accidents, killing 2 in Philippines Can extreme melt destabilize ice sheets? How rock glaciers will slow Himalayan ice melt Oceanographers reveal links between migrating Gulf Stream and warming ocean waters And Ingenuity gets airborne: Nasa successfully flies small helicopter on Mars

Surigae sweeping past Philippines, after becoming strongest April typhoon on record How a thunderstorm with the power of a hurricane capsized a ship off the Louisiana coast Table Mountain fire: Historic buildings destroyed in Cape Town In Arctic Siberia, a building breaks in middle and collapses 10 metres as thawing permafrost no longer supports stilts One of the l ong-term consequences of CO2 emissions is that oxygen in the ocean will continue to decrease for many centuries The whitest paint is here -- and it's the coolest. Literally. And farewell to A 68: Iceberg that became a social media star melts away

Cyclone Seroja: Storm leaves trail of damage in Western Australia   and Cyclone Seroja leaves Kalbarri residents 'shell-shocked' as power may be out for days Yesterday, Scotland records 'coldest April night' in eight years whilst snow falls on Dartmoor and in Gloucestershire - but what's the reason behind April's unusual weather?   We even had some quite heavy snow in Evesham yesterday morning, though it barely settled and soon melted. St Vincent volcano: Eruptions likely in coming days, experts warn And why India and Nepal's forest fires are worrying scientists  

 Saint Vincent volcano: 'Explosive' Soufrière eruption sparks mass evacuation Big freeze spells disaster for French vineyards Floods and landslides in Indonesia and East Timor kill more than 100 Tropical Cyclone Seroja strengthens off WA coast as communities prepare for landfall At the end of last month,  UK records warmest March day in 53 years with 24.5C temperatures Britain's electricity system 'greenest ever' over Easter Japan's cherry blossom 'earliest peak since 812' How the dinosaur-killing asteroid strike gave rise to Amazon rainforest And to intervene or not to intervene? That is the future climate question