’Atmospheric river’ over California spurred by bomb cyclone

Atmospheric rivers are storms which act like rivers in the sky, dumping massive amounts of rain which can cause flooding and mudslides

Hurricane Ida brings back spectre of rapid intensification of storms

US’ disaster preparedness post-Hurricane Katrina under lens

Record low water levels on the Mississippi River in 2022 show how climate change is altering large rivers

Warmer atmospheric temperatures have the potential to evaporate more water, causing drought and to hold more water, causing extreme rainfall

Sedimental attraction

A drowning delta can be rescued by changing the nature of its sediments, new theory claims

Wetlands can cope with sea rise

Vegetation and rate of sedimentation are crucial to wetlands’ resilience

Delta blues

Future of clean coal: murky?

The Kemper power project in the US, based on ‘clean coal technology’, attempts to show the way

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