Research briefs

University at Buffalo engineers, partners create model to make nation’s grid more resilient amid extreme weather, projected spikes in demand

A research team from Pohang University of Science and Technology has published a study suggesting that anthropogenic greenhouse gases might actually mitigate droughts, offering a new perspective on the impact of human activities on nature.

A study published on June 7 in Environmental Research Letters examines how the use of a fixed versus a 10-year moving baseline alters the perceived extremity of the 2022 heatwave.

A team of Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists plan to use artificial intelligence modeling to forecast, and better understand, a growing threat to water caused by toxic algal blooms.

Researchers at the University of Southampton have conducted the most detailed spatial analysis to date of storm surges along the coast of the UK and Ireland.

Different regions of the Amazon rainforest respond to drought differently because of differences in local forest environments and differences in the properties of trees themselves.

Many studies look at the effect of climate change on wildfires. However, this study sought to understand the reverse - whether large fires are also changing the climate. The study found that large fires did have an effect.

Tweets analyzed by NSF NCAR scientists offer insight into effective hurricane risk messaging

A study conducted by CMCC researchers addresses the accuracy of observational data sets and reanalysis in representing tropical cyclone associated precipitation trends, with a special focus on the record breaking storm of 2023, “Freddy”.

2,500 years ago, an earthquake changed the course of the mighty Ganges River, a new study shows. The region remains vulnerable to a similar event now.