Japan’s PANSY Antarctic radar, added to models for seven 2022 atmospheric rivers, lowered forecast errors and changed moisture transport by over 30%.
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A powerful El Niño is building. Here’s how it works, why Asia’s rains wobble, and how forecasters connect ocean physics to food prices and fire seasons.
Since 1979, Greenland and Antarctica lost 11.3 trillion tonnes of ice, raising sea level 3.14 cm; 84% came from faster glacier discharge, about a quarter of tod
Since 1979, Greenland and Antarctica lost 11.3 trillion tons of ice, raising seas 31.4 mm; 84% from faster glacier flow. Ice sheets now supply about a quarter o
Chesapeake Bay SAV grew 7% in 2025 to 89,385 acres—the highest since 2018—driven by salty zones, while tidal fresh areas declined slightly.
At Holnicote and in Devon, beavers stored over 24 million liters and, in five U.S. wildfires, streamside vegetation in beaver areas suffered one‑third the damag
The Amazon, often referred to as the “lungs of the planet,” is not only the world’s largest river by volume but also
How much fresh water does our planet have left? This crucial resource is in limited supply, with only 1% of the world’s
The reason why paper tears more easily when it’s wet is due to its chemical structure, specifically the hydrogen bonds present in
A shocking new report from researchers in the May 19 Science journal reveals that more than half of the world’s largest lakes