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Condo Cloud Burst Explained: Big Pic

Posted Wed Feb 8, 2012 06:00 AM ET | 0

Surfs up -- really up! -- as waves of clouds broke over the tops of condominiums lining the beaches of Panama City, Fl. Read more

GPS Tribute to Fallen Storm Chaser

Posted by Christina Reed Mon Feb 6, 2012 10:02 AM ET | 0

DNews and the storm chasing community mourns the tragic loss of Andy Gabrielson (1987-2012). Read more

Earth's Mugshot Explained

Posted Sat Feb 4, 2012 12:26 PM ET | 0

NASA's newest Earth-watching satellite is beaming back spectacular views of our home planet. Here's how it works. Read more

Record Weather Disasters in 2011

Posted by Tim Wall Fri Jan 20, 2012 12:36 PM ET | 0

A record number of billion dollar weather disasters struck the United States in 2011. Read more

This Winter's Weirdly Warm Weather Explained

Posted by Emily Sohn Tue Jan 10, 2012 11:20 AM ET | 0

What's behind this "Marchuary" weather? Experts offer a few explanations (and global warming isn't one of them). Read more

Flying HIPPO Samples Earth's Atmosphere

Posted by Kieran Mulvaney Fri Sep 9, 2011 07:08 AM ET | 0

The conclusion of a three-year mission promises to provide the 'first global portrait of greenhouse gases.' Read more

Gore Plans 24 Hours of 'Climate Reality'

Posted by Kieran Mulvaney Thu Sep 8, 2011 08:17 AM ET | 0

The former Vice President is leading an international 24-hour climate change reality check on Sept. 14. Read more

Gore Plans 24 Hours of 'Climate Reality'

Fires and Floods From Same Phenomenon

Posted by Tim Wall Fri Sep 2, 2011 12:23 PM ET | 0

A split in the jet stream resulted in northern fires and southern floods last year. But the original cause for the blockage that produced the split remains a mystery. Read more

East Coast Natural Hazard Week Deja Vu

Posted by Christina Reed Fri Aug 26, 2011 08:41 PM ET | 0

Hurricane Irene is the first hurricane to follow so closely after an east coast earthquake, but the combo punch is reminiscent to 1944. Read more

Forty-One Percent of U.S. Abnormally Dry

Posted by Tim Wall Tue Aug 2, 2011 02:53 PM ET | 0

Conditions are the driest they have been in 12 years since the Drought Monitor began keeping tabs on parched regions around the United States. Read more

Forty-One Percent of U.S. Abnormally Dry

Multiyear Drought in East Africa

Posted by Tim Wall Fri Jul 29, 2011 05:57 AM ET | 0

Refugees seeking food security from drought and civil-war ravaged Somalia find floods instead. Read more

When the Arctic Catches Fire

Posted by John D. Cox Fri Jul 29, 2011 05:16 AM ET | 0

Wildfires in the tundra of Alaska's North Slope pose a severe feedback threat to a warming climate. Read more

Antarctica: A 'Scary' Source for Rising Seas

Posted by John D. Cox Thu Jul 28, 2011 02:08 PM ET | 0

A new study of ocean sediments indicates West Antarctica as well as Greenland must have contributed to oceans that were 15 to 20 feet higher than their current levels. Read more