Weather whiplash from cold front ahead for Central Texas: 4 maps and 1 chart tell the story

One last blast of the traditional winter season will sweep into Texas on Sunday after temperatures climb to their warmest ...
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Water woes: Colorado River getting less snow, sending projections for Lake Mead lower

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Forecasts keep going from bad to worse for water in the West, and a new report released Friday brought more bad news for the outlook at Lake Mead. Experts are now projecting the ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Sea Levels Might Be Higher Than We Thought, Putting Millions of People in the Path of Coastal Flooding Sooner Than Expected

A lot of past research has used flawed methodology to estimate current coastal water levels, according to a new study ...

U.S. forecasts blizzard, polar vortex, heat dome and atmospheric river all at once

The United States is getting slammed by a stretch of weather extremes, from flooding rain to record heat and late-season snow ...
Boise State University

Boise State researcher maps Treasure Valley’s energy-water future

In the last 25 years, the Treasure Valley’s population has nearly doubled, with booming growth in residential, commercial and tech development. Boise State postdoctoral research fellow Mitchell Meads ...
earth

Bay of Bengal currents defy a century-old circulation rule

Scientists have documented surface currents in the Northern Hemisphere that turn left of the wind, not right. That reversal changes how researchers may forecast weather, track floating debris, and ...

What to know about the growing potential for a 'super El Niño' later this year

An El Niño watch has been issued, and AccuWeather long-range forecasters say there is a chance it becomes just the third “super El Niño” in the past 30 years.
Earth.com

Retreating Arctic ice shifts the source of Atlantic ocean currents

The retreat of ice in the Barents Sea could be strengthening a key ocean current that regulates global climate.

Global observations reveal rapid reorganization of ocean nutrients

From coral reefs and kelp forests to the open ocean and deep-sea zones, nutrients that support phytoplankton growth and ...
The Washington Post

Why this country declared an ocean current collapse a national security risk

REYKJAVIK, Iceland — It is just one scenario among many, but by far the most cataclysmic. Sometime over the next 100 years, human-driven warming could disrupt a vital ocean current that carries heat ...
The New York Times

Coastal Storm Could Bring Deep Snow to the Carolinas

Up to a foot is possible this weekend in parts of the Southeast and on Cape Cod, with smaller amounts expected for much of the East Coast. Source: National Weather Service. Aatish Bhatia, William B.