’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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