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weather

Lighting, thunder and severe weather on the Great Plains

Environment

Lightning flash measuring 768 kilometres is the longest ever recorded

Two record-breaking lightning flashes occurred in 2020: one with a length of 768 kilometres is the longest ever recorded, while another with a duration of 17 seconds is the longest-lasting flash ever detected

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A firefighter works as the Caldor Fire burns in Grizzly Flats, California, U.S., August 22, 2021. REUTERS/Fred Greaves TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC2RAP9BI0EP

Environment

2021 in review: Weather records aren’t just broken, they’re smashed

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Lightning hits Florence, Arizona, during the North American monsoon in 2021

Environment

North American monsoon triggered by air currents over Mexico mountains

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Groundstaff pull the covers over the grass court as rain stops play between Germany's Tatjana Maria and France's Kristina Mladenovic during their women's singles second round match on the third day of the 2018 Wimbledon Championships

Technology

DeepMind AI can accurately predict if it will rain in next 90 minutes

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NASA's Perseverance Mars rover

Space

NASA’s Perseverance rover has been hit by 100 ‘dust devils’ on Mars

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Map of North America

Environment

Texas cold crisis early this year linked to melting Arctic sea ice

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Lightning

Definition

Lightning

Ariel view of flooding

Environment

Can we fix climate models to better predict record-shattering weather?

Analysis

Preparing for a warming world will take a new information revolution

Technology

Preparing for a warming world will take a new information revolution

Comment

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

Earth

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

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

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Environment

Strange death of Russian mountaineers may be due to unusual avalanche

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Environment

Air pollution from chemical plants made Hurricane Harvey worse

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Environment

2020 in review: Extreme weather seen around the world as climate warms

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Environment

Colorado River drought can be predicted by warming in the ocean

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