Polar Aerosol Atmospheric Rivers: Detection, Characteristics, and Potential Applications Journal: Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres Published: 2024-01-28 DOI: 10.1029/2023jd039606 ...

As the world gets wetter, studying a water cycle in flux is a major challenge. ‘You cannot bring a cloud into a laboratory,’ ...

Chinese air quality improvements are likely to have contributed to accelerated global surface temperature warming, according ...

Atmospheric rivers, a meteorological phenomenon responsible for heavy rain and wind events, have become more frequent and intense over the past 45 years due to global warming.

A new study finds that atmospheric rivers — the heavy rain and wind events most known for dousing California and other parts of the West — have been getting bigger, wetter and more frequent in ...

To many, atmospheric rivers are a West Coast phenomenon. But they’re also responsible for devastating storms that can hit the Central and Eastern U.S.

An exceptionally powerful atmospheric river fueled the deadly early April flooding disaster in the central and southern United States — a historic flood event and a poignant example of how the ...

NOAA said that a strong atmospheric river can transport water vapor equivalent to up to 15 times the average water flow at the mouth of the Mississippi River. The storms are typically between 250 ...

They are about 250 to 375 miles wide and can be more than 1,000 miles long. Rivers on land generally flow downhill; atmospheric rivers flow in the direction of moving air created by weather systems." ...

Atmospheric rivers are getting bigger, wetter and more frequent, study shows By Seth Borenstein | The Associated Press • Published March 12, 2025 • Updated on March 12, 2025 at 9:34 am ...

An atmospheric river in New England in 2023 brought a foot of rain and 50 mph winds. A 2020 atmospheric river dumped 99 inches of snow on Alaska.