Weather & Earth Science News

The UK's cool, wet May brings a Spring of marked contrasts The rapid heating of Indian Ocean worsening cyclones, say scientists  Delhi broke a weather record every month since August 2020, shows data Mount Nyiragongo: Why DR Congo fears the explosive power of a lake NASA’s Curiosity Rover captures shining clouds on Mars And how tubes of mud, extracted like a cork from a bottle, reveal Earth’s secrets

Cyclone Yaas: Severe storm lashes India and Bangladesh Meanwhile, Ana becomes first storm of the Atlantic hurricane season - which officially begins next week Researchers examine record-shattering 2020 trans-Atlantic dust storm Still waiting for N.L.'s famous iceberg season? Don't hold your breath, scientists say - none are predicted to make it to the Newfoundland coast this year.  the sea is too warm .... Geological riddle solved: Roof of the World has gotten higher (over the past 30 million years) And the Met Office warn that the world at risk of hitting temperature limit soon with a 40% chance of global temperatures being 1.5c above the pre-industrial average by 2025

China ultramarathon: Severe weather kills 21 runners Thousands evacuated in India as strong Cyclone Yaas inches closer A ‘mindboggling’ Arctic heatwave breaks records with 30c recorded last week - unusual any time of year, let alone May Severe storm paralyzes life in Turkey's coastal cities last Friday Snow falls in Western Australia's outback as monster cold front sweeps across the country - so, what makes a great snow year? Mount Nyiragongo: DR Congo residents flee as volcano erupts

Moscow breaks 100-year May heat records Terrified passers by flee for their lives after lightning bolt strikes trolley bus wires in St Petersburg Earthquakes hit China's Yunnan, Qinghai provinces, killing at least three 'Atlantification,' a process where warm water from the Atlantic Ocean travels to the Arctic, is causing melting at 'alarming rates' Porthleven harbour boats lost in sea foam during storm And Scotland sets ‘shocking and unusual’ weather record

At least 12 dead and hundreds injured after back-to-back tornadoes hit China Cyclone Tauktae: death toll rises to more than 90 after huge storm hits India   Move over, Death Valley: These are the two hottest spots on Earth - where surface temperatures have exceeded 80c! A Dallas homeowner says tornado struck her home twice in two years Rising Amazon rivers flood Covid-hit areas in Brazil Greek villages evacuated as wildfire rages With record heat in northwestern Russia, Siberian wildfire season kicks off early And climate change: The Antarctic ice shelf in the line of fire as the world's biggest iceberg, dubbed A-76, spotted by satellite after calving from Antarctica

At least 20 killed and 200,000 evacuated as Cyclone Tauktae batters COVID-ravaged India with another ninety missing at sea in the wake of storm Residents in shock as 'major flooding' hits part of Bolton after heavy rain on Sunday Skiers encounter 'slow motion' avalanche on Ben Nevis There are few realistic scenarios left to limit global warming to 1.5°C Clear signs that part of the Greenland ice sheet is close to a tipping point And in the Galapagos Islands: Erosion fells Darwin's Arch

Brazilians float on flooded streets as rivers swell in Amazonas after unusually heavy rain in the region It's been a rainy and cool May so far in Britain with some parts having already seen more than their average rainfall for the whole month  Spain gets burnt in hottest year ever in 2020 Melbourne shivers through its coldest day of the year as snow falls across southeast Australia Eighteen elephants are killed by lightning during storm in India - although this are suggestions it may have been something else, possibly poisoning Russia is to lose its permafrost, minister of natural resources warns How Antarctic ice sheet retreat could trigger chain reaction And some volcanoes on Mars could be active, raising possibility Mars was recently habitable

A day of storms for parts of Britain (Evesham, as usual, just had a bit of rain) with, tragically, one Blackpool boy, 9, killed in lightning strike on playing field whilst in Devon suggestions that a 'tornado' rips through town smashing glass and sending trees and fences flying Storms hit southern Queensland bringing hail, spectacular lightning and heavy rain Meanwhile, in Florida, a lightning strike sends chunk of road flying into truck’s windshield, injuring two But, tornado Alley isn't living up to its name with near-record quiet activity this April In Brazil's Amazon: Deforestation rises ahead of dry season And from iron rain on exoplanets to lightning on Jupiter: Four examples of alien weather

Earliest tropical storm on record develops in the eastern Pacific NZ experiences a second day of record-breaking warmth - and it's not over yet Parched Taiwan prays for rain as Sun Moon Lake is hit by drought Concerns over receding glaciers causing rivers to suddenly disappear Ocean-bottom sediments tell a story about ancient Greenland summers due past inter-glacials - with implications for the future too. The earliest evidence of humans changing ecosystems with fire in Africa - some 92ka Natural regeneration means that forests the size of France regrown since 2000, study suggests Nasa craft carrying 4.5bn-year-old asteroid dust begins long trek home And a giant sequoia found still smoldering after 2020 California wildfire

Snow in May: Lake District skiers 'giddy' in unseasonal weather as May snowfall brings disruption to Highlands The dwindling water sources in Mexico: Nearly 85 percent of the country is experiencing drought Afghan flash flood toll increases to 56 Physicists describe new type of aurora And a summary of Europe’s climate in 2020: record heat and storms, and a relentlessly warming Arctic

Yemen flash flooding causes large-scale damage Snow sweeps the Scottish Highlands as white stuff piles up in May (not unusual in the Cairngorms though) with  people ‘caught out’ by snowfall in parts of England and Wales as well - though in many cases here it was probably hail. Eyewitnesses stunned as 'fascinating' tornado seen forming in Anglesey sky Powerful May storm ‘Eugen’ strikes western Germany And ice on fire: first wildfires are registered around the world’s Pole of Cold in Yakutia

The UK has seen April's lowest average minimum temperatures since 1922 as an exceptionally cold April brings frost every day - here it was the coldest April since my records began in 2003, as well as the frostiest by far, with 13 air frosts: 3 more than I recorded in the whole of winter 2019-20 Heat wave bakes L.A. as temperatures near record highs  Antarctic ice-sheet melting to lift sea level higher than thought, Harvard study says And are Germany’s glaciers doomed? Five ice sheets in Bavaria’s Alps are melting faster than predicted and could disappear in just 10 years