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Tiny airborne particles known as aerosols, from biomass burning, urban pollution, and industrial emissions, can dramatically ...

Air pollution is dramatically reshaping tropical rainfall patterns. In a new study, scientists found that increasing aerosol concentrations over the Maritime Continent strengthens oceanic rainfall ...

Engineers have developed a new approach, opposite to climate models, to correct inaccuracies using a high-resolution atmospheric model that more precisely resolves clouds and convection and ...

The Tibetan Plateau (TP) is the highest and most extensive highland in the world, and is widely known as "the Roof of the World", "the World Water Tower" and "the Third Pole". The thermal and ...

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, Vol. 54, No. 6 (June 2015), pp. 1283-1296 (14 pages) ABSTRACT Global climate and weather models are a key tool for the prediction of future crop ...

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We used to think that deforestation in the Amazon would dry out the local climate, but the effects may be even more extreme and varied ...

A guest post from Dr Lizzie Kendon, Manager of the Understanding Regional Climate Change group at the Met Office Hadley Centre in Exeter, UK. Among the most impressive and damaging types of weather we ...

As the city moves towards peak summer, Bengaluru is likely to witness more summer showers this year compared to previous years, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). Weather ...