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Wintry scenes top Weather Photographer of the Year competition

14 December 2022

Christopher Ison's photo of Storm Eunice and Zhenhuan Zhou’s shot of Niagara Falls covered in ice have taken the top prizes in the Royal Meteorological Society’s annual competition


The Slumgullion landslide

Landslides can be triggered by small changes in atmospheric pressure

16 November 2022

We knew earthquakes and heavy rain could initiate landslides, but now it seems alterations in atmospheric pressure can do it too if combined with certain conditions on the ground


Mandatory Credit: Photo by SpaceX/ZUMA Wire/Shutterstock (10664346i) A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft is launched on NASA's SpaceX Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station with NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley onboard. NASA's SpaceX Demo-2 mission is the first launch with astronauts of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency's Commercial Crew Program. SpaceX Demo-2 Historic Manned Launch, Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. - 30 May 2020

Emissions from rocket launches could affect Earth's weather systems

15 June 2022

Increasing numbers of space launches will put more black carbon high in the atmosphere, where it can trap heat from the sun


Hailstones are not spheres – they’re shaped more like a rugby ball

Hailstones are not spheres – they’re shaped more like a rugby ball

22 April 2021

A survey done by storm chasers has found that hailstones aren't usually spherical but are an oblong shape called a triaxial ellipsoid, a finding that could improve the models that predict hailstorm dynamics


Friederike Otto interview: Can we sue oil giants for extreme weather?

Friederike Otto interview: Can we sue oil giants for extreme weather?

22 July 2020

We can now rapidly and reliably link heatwaves, droughts and hurricanes to human-induced global warming, says climate scientist Friederike Otto. The science could soon be used as evidence in legal cases brought against fossil fuel companies


Lightning is killing our forests – and it's only going to get worse

Lightning is killing our forests – and it's only going to get worse

24 June 2020

Lightning sparks wildfires, causes pollution and destroys some of the planet’s most important trees. Climate change could see its incidence - and impact - increase


Spectacular ice eggs have washed onto a beach in Finland

Spectacular ice eggs have washed onto a beach in Finland

13 November 2019

A combination of cold weather and just the right amount of wave motion has caused strange frozen spheres to cover a Finnish beach


Indonesia floods

Extreme flooding leads to deaths in Indonesia and Mozambique

30 April 2019

Dozens of people have died in Indonesia and Mozambique as a result of storms and flooding, possibly driven by climate change


California's worst wildfire in history is now the size of Los Angeles

California's worst wildfire in history is now the size of Los Angeles

8 August 2018

Firefighters are battling high winds and extreme heat as they try to slow the spread of the biggest wildfire ever recorded in California


rocket launch

China is building a huge weather-control machine – will it work?

9 May 2018

Water shortages are a huge problem for Chinese agriculture, so the country has just begun the world's largest ever weather control experiment


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