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As California drought retreats, threat of spring flooding rises

LOS ANGELES — Though California may be ending its winter with quenched reservoirs and near record snowpack, meteorologists are warning that the state will face increased flooding risk in the coming months as Sierra Nevada snowmelt fills rivers and streams.

Los Angeles Times

California's historic snowpack to help drought ease through spring

Snow in the Sierras is so deep it has shut down some ski areas.

Axios

Cyclone Freddy was the most energetic storm on record. Is it a harbinger of things to come?

On February 4, a storm off the north-west coast of Australia was named Cyclone Freddy. It rapidly strengthened and headed west across the Indian Ocean, eventually causing devastation in eastern Africa. Hundreds of people died, tens of thousands more were displaced, national energy grids were crippled, flash flooding was widespread…

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Is the Western drought finally ending? That depends on where you look

After three years of extreme drought, the Western U.S. is finally getting a break. Mountain ranges are covered in deep snow, and water reservoirs in many areas are filling up following a series of atmospheric rivers that brought record rain and snowfall to large parts of the region.

The Conversation

A New Satellite Will Track Dangerous Chemicals in Unprecedented Detail

NASA and the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory will debut the TEMPO instrument to monitor air quality like never before.

Inverse

What is an atmospheric river?

These weather systems can transport tropical moisture thousands of miles.

Axios

It’s Over: NOAA Declares Official End To La Nina

On Thursday, NOAA's Climate Prediction Center (CPC) announced an end to the protracted La Nina weather pattern.

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La Niña, which worsens Atlantic hurricanes and Western droughts, is gone

The cooling in the Pacific Ocean has gone on for three years. Its end is usually good news for the U.S. and other parts of the world, including drought-stricken northeast Africa, scientists said.

WEKU

Rescue Efforts Hampered After Deadly Indonesia Landslides

As deadly landslides struck the Natuna islands in Indonesia on Wednesday, the search for numerous missing individuals went on.

Zenger

La Nina, which worsens hurricanes and drought, is gone

La Nina is a natural and temporary cooling of parts of the Pacific Ocean that changes weather worldwide.

Chicago Sun-Times

Forecasters: La Nina, weather's unwanted nasty guest, leaves

Scientists say the La Nina weather phenomenon that increases Atlantic hurricane activity and worsens western drought is gone after three troublesome years

The Independent UK

New Jersey seeks more offshore wind projects; foes want halt

New Jersey utility regulators are seeking additional offshore wind farm projects to generate electricity

The Independent UK

Charter Boat Captains Don't Have To Share Their Location Data With the Government, Court Rules

Plus: More lawmakers move to decriminalize psychedelic plants, Tennessee's "adult cabaret" law, and more...

Reason

Why California is still in a drought

Record-setting snow in LA doesn't mean the state has recovered from its historic drought yet

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Whale safety research planned near East Coast wind farms

As dead whales continue to wash ashore on the U.S. East Coast, officials and academics in New Jersey, New York and elsewhere are planning a wide array of monitoring and research aimed at preventing harm to the animals during construction and operation of offshore wind farms

Salon

Right spreading misinfo on wind power

Protests about wind farms killing whales seem to be more about stopping renewable energy than protecting whales

WEKU

Dead whales on the east coast fuel misinformation about offshore wind development

Experts don't know what's behind the years-long trend of whale deaths. But there's no evidence connecting the deaths to offshore wind development, which is less noisy than fossil fuel exploration.

Chicago Sun-Times

A whacked-out winter: Early birds, flowers, coho, crawlers & ticks; a dearth of ice

Early bird movements, early popping of flowers, early move north by coho, early night crawlers and early ticks along with a historic lack of ice are part of whacked-out winter.

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Axios

Record warmth envelops Mid-Atlantic during snowless winter

In Washington, Baltimore and other parts of the Mid-Atlanic, record warmth brings an uneasiness.

Inverse

The Most Underrated Sci-Fi Movie on HBO Max Reveals a Controversial Branch of Pseudoscience

Climate change is making extreme rainfall more likely — and Weathering with You proposes a bizarre solution with roots in real-life technology.

ABC News

Bureau of Meteorology considering change to El Niño and La Niña definitions

The Bureau of Meteorology is in discussions with international atmospheric agencies to overhaul how La Niña and El Niño are defined, potentially rewriting the record books of global weather history.

WEKU

An unusually high number of whales are washing up on U.S. beaches

The unexpected deaths are hitting humpbacks and North Atlantic right whales on the East Coast and gray whales on the West Coast — populations that were already under watch.

WEKU

Meteorologists are dutifully tracking the location of the Chinese balloon

While U.S. and Chinese officials are giving conflicting narratives over the balloon's purpose, it poses no safety threat to civilians. But that hasn't stopped people from tracking its route.

Los Angeles Times

How do you track an atmospheric river? Climb aboard this reconnaissance jet

OVER THE NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN — The interior of the plane looked like a cross between a private luxury jet and a space mission control room.

Axios

Punxsutawney Phil has an exceptional track record

The groundhog doesn't miss.

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