Too much of a good thing (Photo: Nasa) On 4 June, thunderstorms moved across the southern part of Alaska, delivering nearly 5,000 lightning strikes and igniting dozens of wildfires. It was the latest outbreak in a fire season that — after a slow start — has become...
Summit Station is a National Science Foundation-funded year-round station at the highest point of the Greenland Ice Sheet. In addition to atmospheric research, projects for astronomy, astrophysics and meteorology are also carried out. The rains are the first ever...
From Kangerlussuaq, tourists can also reach the Greenland Ice Sheet relatively easily. Normally in July and August the streams and lakes at the edge of the ice are full to the brim with meltwater. This year everything is different, mainly thanks to the heat over...
A heavy snowstorm in April was not uncommon in Switzerland this spring. Also already in years before there were partly strong, long lasting cold spells in the middle of Europe. For agriculture, especially fruit and vegetable farmers, such conditions are disastrous....
The new systems should make shipping safer on the Northern Sea Route. The icebreaker “Kapitan Dranitsyn” in the Northeast Passage near Severnaya Zemlya. (Image: Heiner Kubny) The existing weather stations are aging and are to be upgraded. Roshydromet,...