#Precipitation

Author: Carolyn Gramling / Source: Science News Just a few powerful storms in Antarctica can have an outsized effect on how much snow parts of the southernmost continent get. Those ephemeral storms, preserved in ice cores, might give a skewed view of how quickly the continent’s ice sheet has

Author: Emily Debert / Source: LakeExpo.com Image Courtesy of the National Weather Service The Lake of the Ozarks area will feel the coldest temperatures of the winter this week, and meteorologists are warning Midwesterners to protect their homes and themselves from the bitter cold. A strong

Author: Kyle Plantz / Source: Science News Half of the world’s annual rain and snow falls on the year’s 12 wettest days. As climate change brings more intense downpours, the same amount of precipitation could take just 11 days by the end of the century, scientists report online November 4 in

Author: Matthew Cappucci / Source: Science News for Students One year ago, Hurricane Harvey shattered the U.S. record for most rain to come down in a single storm. Last month, another hurricane dropped record rains, this time on Hawaii. Named Lane, its measured tally would seem to be the highest

Author: Yao Hua Law / Source: Science News In Central America’s rain-drenched forests, leaf-cutting ants collect pieces of leaves on which they grow fungi for food. But the rain can hit hard, especially for a small ant. When leaf-cutting ants sense an incoming shower, they hoof it back to their