“Atmospheric rivers” are bringing rain to the frozen slopes of the West Antarctic ice sheet, hitting the ice shelves that play a major role in holding back rapidly retreating glaciers.

Using cutting-edge regional climate models (RCMs) at a high spatial resolution of just one kilometer, the researchers explored how atmospheric rivers interact with Antarctica's rugged terrain to ...

That term is called an "Atmospheric River." CBS 8 wanted to know more about atmospheric rivers, what they are, how they work, and why they can be so potent. To do so, we turned to the Center for ...

Atmospheric rivers are long and relatively narrow bands of water vapor that form over an ocean and flow through the sky, ...

Weather researchers prepare to launch a radiosonde on a weather balloon into the sky Monday, Feb. 3, 2025, amid several waves of an atmospheric river that brought several inches of rain to the ...