What Exactly Is an Atmospheric River? Think of atmospheric rivers as narrow regions in the atmosphere that transport water ...
A pair of atmospheric rivers are bringing rain — and the threat of flooding, high winds, power outages and more — to California, as the second such dangerous storm in less than a week flows in along a ...
Feb 13, 2025 Atmospheric Rivers Explain Atypical El Niño and La Niña Years These rivers in the sky don’t play by El Niño or La Niña’s rules El Niño and La Niña are climate phenomena that are generally ...
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New research from scientists at UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography finds that atmospheric rivers explain the majority of atypical El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) years, such as ...