Enlarge / Smoke billows from fires around Canberra. reader comments 215 with 84 posters participating Share this story An absolutely astonishing set of bushfires is burning around Australia currently, producing surreal images like those of evacuees fleeing to beaches—or boats—for safety. The situation has been particularly dangerous in Victoria and New South Wales, where fires ..
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Enlarge / A strong El Niño developed in 2015, visible here from temperature departures from average. reader comments 31 with 23 posters participating, including story author Share this story We generally think of weather as something that changes by the day, or the week at the most. But there are also slower patterns that exist ..
Enlarge / The Kincade Fire burns north of California’s Bay Area on October 29. reader comments 34 with 26 posters participating, including story author Share this story Each month, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) puts out an analysis of the previous month’s weather after the final tally. The most recent update covers ..
Enlarge / Plankton swirls in the Gulf of Aden between Yemen and Somalia. reader comments 41 with 24 posters participating Share this story Tracking climate change means (among other things) tracking annual changes in global greenhouse gas emissions and the corresponding increases in the atmospheric CO2 concentration. This can get confusing, though, because there isn’t ..