Atmospheric rivers are long, narrow regions of water vapor in the atmosphere, like a river in the sky. These systems gather ...

Have you ever wondered what it feels like to stand under a sky that suddenly turns into a river? For millions living along ...

Dr. Nasedkin said, "When we looked at the smaller, farther-out companion, known as YSES 1-c, we found the tell-tale signature of silicate clouds in the mid-infrared.

Year-to-year variations in atmospheric river frequency already create significant fluctuations in Antarctica’s contribution to sea level rise. This study highlights that severe weather events in ...

Antarctica could see a doubling of extreme weather events – such as atmospheric rivers – by 2100, with implications for future sea level rise. A new study published last week in Nature Communications ...

A massive cloud of dust that has traveled thousands of miles from the Sahara Desert is expected to reach Florida as early as the afternoon of June 4 before spreading through the Gulf Coast and ...

Article Content. This story appears in the spring 2025 issue of UC San Diego Magazine as “Taking Flight.” Jeri Wilcox, MAS ’23, a research data analyst at the Center for Western Weather and Water ...

Alaska slammed by atmospheric river as summer cruise season revs up The worst of the rainfall drenched Ketchikan from Tuesday into Wednesday, where nearly 7 inches of rain fell in less than 36 hours.

KETCHIKAN, Alaska – Those heading up to Alaska for a late spring cruise this week got a heaping dose of weather reality as an atmospheric river brings several inches of rain to one of the most ...

An atmospheric river is bringing 2–5+ inches of rain to Southeast Alaska, especially near Ketchikan and Annette Island. Flooding is possible as heavy rain continues into Wednesday night.

Manipulating the clouds to make it rain or snow sounds like something straight out of science fiction. But in reality, the technology behind cloud seeding is decades old, going back to the 1940s.. The ...