Atmospheric rivers are long and narrow “rivers in the sky” that meander from lower to higher latitudes, transporting enormous amounts of water. The most powerful atmospheric rivers can unleash torrential rains and cause widespread flooding, especially when they stall over vulnerable watersheds. Bu...
-When they’re too big or too long-lasting, or when they pummel environments that are already super wet, ARs can cause flooding.-The term “atmospheric river” has been around since the 1990s, but only in the last few years have researchers understood how much ARs influence the weather. ...
Atmospheric rivers move huge amounts of water through the air above us—and dump rain and snow on land.
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Many atmospheric river detection tools (ARDTs) have now been developed. However, their relative performance is not well documented. This paper compares a diverse set of ARDTs by applying them to a single location where a unique 12-year-long time-series from an atmospheric river observatory at ...
The fact that decayed organic material is critical to the life of soil helps to explain why many environmentalists have long been concerned about the destruction of tropical rain forests. For example, in Brazil, vast portions of the Amazon rain forest have been clear-cut, subj...
Modern Mars may resemble a barren desert, but ancient Mars may have been quite wet, judging from some of the geologic clues left behind. Floods may once have flowed over the planet's surface, rivers may have carved out channels or gullies, and lakes and oceans may have covered large ...
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Scholars of the Ancient Greek world such as Moses Finley have long noted the democracy-threatening role played by ‘mis-leaders of the people’. From the time of the French Revolution, demagoguery also plagued the age of electoral democracy – think of figures such as Juan Manuel de Rosas ...