Weather & Earth Science News

Watch as waterspout creates tornado effect off Devon coast Second death confirmed in North Carolina flooding Typhoon Haiyan’s electric spectacular in the eye of the storm Global warming accounts for tripling of extreme West African Sahel storms Tsunami formation: Study challenges long-held theory And were humans in North America 130,000 year ago?  Mastodon discovery shakes up understanding of early humans in the New World - but it's really very circumstantial evidence and I am not convinced by it.

At least 1 dead as widespread flash flooding swamps Raleigh, North Carolina Well technically it snowed in Evesham yesterday - we had a little graupel mixed in with sleet and a massive 0.5mm worth of rain .....   Once again April has been snowier than December! March tops April's warmest day in Denmark for first time in 44 years Stunning 'iceberg doodles' reveal how glaciers have transformed the ocean floor at Earth's poles   Is climate change responsible for record-setting extreme weather events? Satellite images show California's wildflower 'super bloom' visible from space We just breached the 410 ppm threshold for CO2 And the century-old mystery of Antarctica's Blood Falls solved

Swathes of Britain hit by snow with one poor nesting osprey buried by April snowfalls at Loch Garten Devon's Woodbury Common fire caused 'rare cloud phenomenon' at the weekend Another Colombia landslide kills at least 17 in Manizales - caused by heavy rain There are large wildfires and major flooding as Siberia faces a spring that's both dry and wet Great Barrier Reef: Making clouds brighter could help to curb coral bleaching, scientists say A new study suggests Arctic thaw to cause up to $90 trillion damage to roads and buildings Do ancient stone carvings confirm how comet struck Earth in 10,950BC, sparking the rise of civilisation ?  No, they don't.  They just show how susceptible people are to confirmation bias. And was the artist Munch inspired by 'screaming clouds' ? 

New atmospheric phenomenon named Steve discovered by aurora watchers Heatwave in India claims 4,620 lives in four years In Thailand, nation swelters in heatwave with storms expected A spring heat wave drives Israelis to the beach But Europe's late spring freeze worries farmers.  And this is in the Daily Express, so it must be true! Antarctica is a big nuclear launchpad from which scientists control weather

The first named system in April since Ana in 2003, Tropical Storm Arlene intensifies slightly in the open Atlantic; no threat to land East Coast told to brace for giant 4m waves as another large storm takes aim for New Zealand Snow, strong wind complicate traffic on Czech, Slovak roads Sticking to their religion, regardless of what they see before them, in Louisiana: As the seas around them rise, fishermen deny climate change And some reasons to fear the next UK heatwave - one of which is that we have spend thousands insulating our homes to make them warmer ....

Despite no El Nino, March and year to date were 2nd warmest on record for world .  Still believe global warming is a hoax Mr President?  The hurricane season’s first depression just formed in the Atlantic Ocean In Canada's Martime provinces, they ask where is spring? Winter-like weather continues with snow, record-breaking cold Meanwhile in Europe, unseasonal snowfall brings Bosnian capital to halt But in South Africa, an autumn heatwave hits drought-stricken Western, Northern Cape The MetO always seem to be a day behind ..... but as pointed out yesterday, early April remains dry but some rain is on the horizon (though it won't be much, and there's the potential for some damaging frosts, and even snow in places, if latest model output is anything to go by)   Arctic river ice deposits rapidly disappearing - melting up to a month earlier than they once did. Water is streaming across Antarctica - the continent is not q...

Water companies warn parts of UK could see drought this summer after the driest winter in more than 20 years - and more worrying, many places have only seen 1mm or 2 of rain in April, with nothing much on the horizon either.   At this time of year more rain is needed because of plant growth, which extracts more water from the ground.   Given recent trends, we could have both water shortages and floods this summer - with rain falling in more intense downpours, and long dry spells inbetween. But before then, we could see snow next week (and not just over hills).  And not just here.  Much of Europe continmues to experience a colder than usual second half of April.  Denmark has coldest April night this century .  There's already spring snow in Serbia .  And after spring weather, Slovakia faces record cold and snow Iceberg tourists flock to Newfoundland town NASA images show new crack in Greenland's Petermann Glacier And the So...