Posts for tag "rain"
30 Minutes to Act: University City’s Award-Winning Flash Flood Prediction System
Flooding is already the deadliest severe weather hazard in Missouri, and under high-emissions scenarios, the central US is predicted to emerge as a flash flooding hotspot. University City, a suburb of St Louis, Missouri, is “violently” and...
- Posted August 11, 2025
Pushing Lake Science Upstream: Agriculture and Algal Blooms at Lake Erie
Lake Erie is the shallowest, most productive, and most southern of the Laurentian Great Lakes. Each summer, it suffers an algal bloom so large it can be seen from space. Since the 1960s, excess phosphorus—about 85% from...
- Posted July 14, 2025
Safeguarding Communities with Real-Time Flood Monitoring in the City of Hazelwood
The City of Hazelwood is a suburb in St. Louis County, Missouri, home to around 25,500 people. Recently, the community has suffered increased flash flooding following severe storms, prompting the need for the installation of a flood...
- Posted April 7, 2025
Researchers Find Link Between Climate Change And Gastrointestinal Illnesses
Florida State University researchers predict that increased rainfall caused by climate change will affect Americans that rely on untreated water sources.
- Posted March 21, 2017
All-In-One Rain Alert System: G2-RAIN
NexSens Technology’s affordable, all-in-one rain alert system offering low upkeep and real-time data and alerts through a user-friendly web datacenter.
- Posted October 3, 2016
Philadelphia: Improving Rain Gardens Through Simulated Tests
Villanova University scientists track water movement through rain gardens in Philadelphia in a bid to improve their future design and performance.
- Posted September 20, 2016
California Lakes Rebound With More Sierra Nevada Snowpack, Recent Rains
Water levels in California haven’t been good for some time. But there appears to be at least some relief coming, thanks to recent El Niño rains and building snowpack in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. For some water...
- Posted March 22, 2016
Dissecting Amazon Rainforest Cloud Formation
A Penn State University study looks at how lessening Amazon Rainforest cloud formation could be a bad thing for larger climatic conditions.
- Posted February 10, 2016
The Moon Has A Slight Effect On Rainfall
The moon has long been known to affect the tides, but new research out of the University of Washington finds that the celestial body may do more than that. The impact this time isn’t on the oceans,...
- Posted February 10, 2016
Amazon Deforestation Linked To Reduced Rainfall
Continuing deforestation in the Amazon River Basin is likely to have many effects, such as decreased rainfall. Decreased rainfall, in turn, could affect local climate and ecosystems and alter the global carbon cycle, according to a release...
- Posted November 20, 2015
Delaware Sea Grant Adds Mid-Atlantic States To Rain Garden App
Delaware Sea Grant has recently updated its rain garden app, which gives users large amounts of information needed to successfully create their own rain gardens, according to a release from the University of Delaware. The update includes...
- Posted July 28, 2015
Precipitation Extremes Linked To High Ocean Surface Temperatures
The climate change driving a rise in atmospheric temperatures all over the world is also influencing the world’s hydrologic cycle. One effect of this is a rise in ocean surface temperatures, according to a recent press release...
- Posted July 22, 2015
Most Rainfall On Earth’s Continents Doesn’t End Up In Oceans
Scientists at the University of Utah have discovered that relatively little water that falls on the continents makes it to the ocean, while most rainfall is evaporated in a variety of ways, according to a release. Their...
- Posted July 20, 2015
Wind storm over dry lake bed confirmed cause of mysterious milky rain in Pacific NW
Last February, an unusual rain descended upon parts of the Pacific Northwest, coating affected regions with a milky residue. A team of researchers from Washington State University say that dust from a dry lake bed nearly 500...
- Posted June 17, 2015
Finding of consistent weathering rates over 2 million years surprises geologists
Weathering effects have been very similar during glacial and interglacial timeframes across the globe, according to a press release from Stanford’s School of Earth, Energy and Environmental Sciences. This finding is contrary to the traditional school of...
- Posted June 15, 2015
More Accurate Rio Grande Flow Forecasts May Help Water Allocations In West
Scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research work to develop more accurate flow forecasts for the Rio Grande River to help with water allocations in the West.
- Posted June 8, 2015
Poor Cell Signals Used To Monitor African Rains
Weather monitoring infrastructure in Africa has fallen into disrepair. Luckily, a group of scientists has found an inexpensive way to track rainfall there using cell phone signals, according to Science News. Cell phone signals become convoluted during...
- Posted May 14, 2015
International study maps changing trends in African climate using a decade of rainfall data
International study used a decade's worth of rainfall data to map climate trends in Africa, revealing unexpected shifts in greenness and precipitation
- Posted March 18, 2015
Study finds major coverage gaps in network of flood-predicting rainfall satellites
Lack of coordination between international space agencies has weakened the capabilities of global rainfall satellites, a Cornell University study says.
- Posted February 27, 2015
Extreme Rains Drop Species Abundance, Diversity Of Tropical Frogs
Researchers at University of New Mexico and University of Costa Rica sample leaf-litter plots during La Niña, find negative impacts to tropical frog species
- Posted February 9, 2015
