CHICAGO (Reuters) – A U.S. government agency moved a step closer on Saturday to blowing up a Mississippi River levee to control flooding after a court decision cleared the way for it to proceed. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials said they dispa...

Today will be a transitional day with low clouds slowly burning off and few residual showers (see satellite pic). Want sunny skies for sure? Head just east of the Cascade crest and down into eastern Washington. The air is still cold aloft so we cou...

As the debate on the pesticide EndoSulfan is gaining momentum in the Stockholm Convention in Geneva; Kerala, the southern state of India is up in arms online and on the streets for pressurizing the Indian Government to favor the ban.

Chemical found in crude oil linked to congenital heart disease Public release date: 30-Apr-2011[ | E-mail | Share ] Contact: Susan Martinssmartin@aap.org847-434-7877American Academy of Pediatrics Study shows fetal exposure to solvents may damage he...

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Weather scientists are retracing the footprints of this week's monstrous tornadoes the way detectives would investigate a crime scene: talking to witnesses, watching surveillance video and even taking the measurements of the trees...

Final Super Tornado Outbreak 2011 Numbers Apr 29, 2011; 4:41 PM ET This blog entry is an update to the 2011 Super Outbreak of Tornadoes stats I wrote last week. Here are a few more resources of interest on this historic event. First, NOAA has a great ...

Rescuers sifting through the twisted wreckage of countless towns ravaged by Wednesday's historic tornado outbreak continue to uncover bodies today, and the death toll has swollen to over 300 this morning, and may be as high as 319. Hardest hit was Alab...

Biofuel crops, like sugarcane, are best located on land that is already used for agriculture because less carbon is released into the atmosphere by converting land where existing vegetation contains low amounts of carbon, such as pasture or crops, tha...

Colombia is on red alert due to heavy rains. Residents of 28 departments suffer extreme hardship: flooding, landslides and sudden increase in rivers and streams have left more than three million five hundred thousand victims.

Of all the thirsty countries in the arid Middle East, perhaps the worst off is Yemen, where the mountainous capital city of Sana'a is rapidly running out of water altogether. What water there is in the country's cities is often heavily polluted, causin...

We are about to finish the coldest April in at least 60 years. And it appears that April will bring the all-time record number of tornadoes to the U.S., including yesterday's catastrophic event with over 250 deaths.Are they connected? I think one can...

Bob Henson | 28 April 2011 • The devastating rash of tornadoes that swept through the southeast United States on 27 April has already carved its way into the annals of twister history. A total of more than 160 tornadoes was reported in the prelimina...

Bay of Bengal Tropical Cyclone Possible Apr 28, 2011; 12:04 PM ET THREE YEARS AFTER TROPICAL CYCLONE NARGUS The end of April and the start of May bring with them the potential for tropical cyclone formation. Yes, it was three years ago that Tropical C...

LONDON (AFP) – Weather forecasters on Thursday were predicting a cloudy but dry start to the royal wedding day, with only a small risk that rain may dampen the proceedings. People camping out to secure a prime spot for the big event could be in for ...

Published: Thursday, April 28, 2011 - 09:06 in Earth & Climate One of the ocean currents which particularly interests oceanographers and climatologists is the Gulf Stream. This current, originating in the Gulf of Mexico, transports enormous amoun...

A stunning tornado outbreak of incredible violence has left at least 202 dead across the Eastern U.S.; injuries probably number over a thousand, with 600 injured in the town of Tuscaloosa alone. The tornadoes carved huge swaths of damage, completely fl...

Stats on The Deadliest Tornado Outbreak In My Life! Apr 28, 2011; 8:26 AM ET It's a somber morning here at AccuWeather.com HQ while we report the news that over 175 people have been killed by yesterday's tornado outbreak, mainly in Alabama, Mississipp...

Central Pennsylvania Severe Thunderstorms April 26th Apr 27, 2011; 6:00 PM ET Severe thunderstorms rolled through Centre County, home of AccuWeather HQ [Google Map] Tuesday afternoon and evening. I chased several storms and got a few good photos, but ...

I was blown away by this video of the Milky Way, and it's on my "watch this when your brain is fried" list. I think it might be one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen -- on par with the video at Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium of the Kiroshio ...

The nation's unprecedented April tornado-fest continued full force last night, with NOAA's Storm Prediction Center logging 57 tornado reports, 295 cases of damaging thunderstorm winds, and 254 reports of large hail. The 2-day tornado count from this la...

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) requested the suspension of Brazil's Belo Monte hydroelectric dam, reopening the debate in Peru on similar projects and their impact on the Peruvian Amazon communities. In Peru, the most publicized hydroelectric megaprojects are the Inambari and Pakitzapango centrals, included in the Peru-Brazil Energy ...

Weatherfolk are often the butt of jokes and I have experienced that many times myself. How many times have I heard snide remarks about weather forecasters predicting with dice, that "meteorologists can be wrong 50% of the time and still get paid" and...

MIAMI (Reuters) – The 2011 Atlantic hurricane season will be active with the energy-rich U.S. Gulf Coast facing a significant threat of a hurricane landfall, a leading private weather forecaster predicted on Tuesday. The forecast by Weather Services...

David Hosansky | 27 April 2011 • Andrew Monaghan used to spend his time analyzing mathematical models of climate change in Antarctica, working on some of the world’s most powerful supercomputers. Now the NCAR scientist sits down with traditional h...

Researchers are usually figuring out how to get rid of viruses, but in an interesting twist they have figured out how to harness viruses to boost the efficiency of solar cells. Scientists at MIT have figured out how to make a genetically engineered vir...

High Tornado Risk Vs. Population Maps Apr 26, 2011; 10:59 AM ET NOAA's Storm Prediction Center has issued a High Risk for severe thunderstorms Tuesday, including tornadoes today. Their new population map product (which is a great addition because it h...

A 1/2 mile-wide tornado smashed through Vilonia, Arkansas last night, killing four and destroying 50 - 80 houses. Vilonia is a small town of 3,800 north of Little Rock. The storm system responsible produced 38 suspected tornadoes yesterday, and also du...

I would like to begin this blog with a heartfelt thank you to all of you that have contributed to the UW weather prediction research fund noted in the upper right of this blog and here. Over one-hundred of you have contributed both small and larger a...

3-Day Severe Thunderstorm Outbreak For Pennsylvania Apr 25, 2011; 10:21 AM ET Pennsylvania Storm Chasers rejoice; others cower in fear; it looks like we have a 3-day severe weather outbreak on tap. I can't remember the last time most of the state was ...

Published: Monday, April 25, 2011 - 10:03 in Earth & Climate Related images(click to enlarge) Sara Muñoz Vallés et al. Although the dune ecosystem is unusual, fragile and is protected by the "habitats" directive of the network Natura 2000, ...