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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 11-Jul-2025 12:10 ET (11-Jul-2025 16:10 GMT/UTC)

WVU researchers offer hard-hit communities solutions for flood recovery and resilience

West Virginia University
Grant and Award Announcement

Long before flash floods damaged communities in parts of the Mountain State this month, West Virginia University researchers were studying community resilience in flood-devastated areas of the state. The toolkit they developed will help communities better prepare for such emergencies and recover quicker.

Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation

Tree rings reveal increasing rainfall seasonality in the Amazon

University of Birmingham
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Clues locked into tree rings to reveal major changes in the Amazon’s rainfall cycle - wet seasons are getting wetter and dry seasons drier.

Journal: Communications Earth & Environment

AMS Science Preview: Gun violence & weather; NOAA flights improve hurricane forecasts; atmospheric rivers and radio waves

American Meteorological Society
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Early online research in journals of the American Meteorological Society features topics including the relationship between hot, dry air and gun violence in New York City; the importance of NOAA research flights to improve hurricane track forecatss; lightning-initiated wildfires; and studies on how personal experience of extreme weather interacts with political preferences to shape views on climate change.

Heat domes and flooding have nearly tripled since the ’50s

University of Pennsylvania
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study led by Michael Mann of the University of Pennsylvania finds that atmospheric patterns known to lock in extreme weather, like heat domes and flooding, have nearly tripled since the 1950s. The research highlights a growing gap between real-world risks and what climate models currently capture.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Funder: University of Pennsylvania, DOE/US Department of Energy

Drones can detect fires and monitor greenhouse gas emissions

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Meeting Announcement

University of São Paulo researchers are developing an aircraft equipped with sensors that can detect and measure the concentrations of carbon dioxide and methane in the environment; the project was presented at FAPESP Week France in Toulouse.

Funder: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

Increased forest fires due to climate change could alter oceanic CO2 absorption, according to a BSC study

Barcelona Supercomputing Center
Peer-Reviewed Publication

According to an article published in the prestigious journal Nature Climate Change, atmospheric particle emissions generated by forest fires could double current projections by the end of the 21st century due to climate change, as these projections only consider the direct effect of human activity on their evolution.

Journal: Nature Climate Change

Wet soils increase flooding during atmospheric river storms

Desert Research Institute
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Atmospheric rivers are responsible for most flooding on the West Coast of the U.S., but also bring much needed moisture to the region. The size of these storms doesn’t always translate to flood risk, however, as other factors on the ground play important roles. Now, a new study helps untangle the other drivers of flooding to help communities and water managers better prepare.

Journal: Journal of Hydrometeorology

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