Tag Archives: weather events

Wildfires can create their own weather conditions, including thunderstorms and tornado-like fire vortices – here’s how one atmospheric scientist explains it

Wildfires, fire vortices, towering thunderstorms: When fires grow large and hot enough, they can create their own weather conditions. In such extreme fire situations, the usual methods used by firefighters to directly control the fire do not work and the wildfires rage out of control. So how can a fire create weather? I’m an atmospheric… Read More »

Wildfires can create their own weather conditions and spread the flames further – an atmospheric scientist explains how

Wildfires, fire vortices, towering thunderstorms: When fires grow large and hot enough, they can create their own weather conditions. In these extreme fire situations, firefighters’ usual methods of direct fire control fail, and wildfires rage out of control. Firefighters saw many of these risks in the massive Park Fire that burned near Chico, California, in… Read More »

Conspiracy theorist attributes floods in Brazil to false ‘magnetic shift’ claim

Screenshot of a post taken on X on May 14, 2024 The same blue checking account, which has more than 70,000 followers, spread similar theories about extreme weather events in widely shared posts. Approximately 400 cities and towns in the state of Rio Grande do Sul were affected by heavy rains. Experts attribute the historic… Read More »

NASA and NOAA say 2023 is the hottest year in history

It’s official: 2023 was the hottest year on record. On Friday, January 12, climate scientists from NASA and NOAA released data showing that temperatures continue to rise at shocking rates, contributing to climate-driven severe weather events around the world. NOAA and NASA’s analyzes did not use satellite data or weather forecasts. Instead, their analysis used… Read More »