1. Study finds southern Europe, Mediterranean at risk for heat wave health risks

    A study led by NCAR visiting scientist Erich Fischer analyzes regional climate simulations to project where heat-wave-related health risks will increase in Europe as Earth’s climate warms.

    • Climate

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  2. Atlantic sea-surface temperatures, May 2010

    Active summer ahead for hurricanes—and researchers

    The year 2010 brought a difficult and sometimes tragic few months of weather events—first the snowstorms and record cold that battered much of the Northern Hemisphere, then tornadoes and floods in the United States.

    • Weather

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  3. Western kingbird

    Kingbirds catch flies in Coors Field—and without mitts

    An evening baseball game brings a lesson on how temperature affects insects, and thus the behavior of insect-catching birds—in this case, a pair of western kingbirds.

    • Education + Outreach

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  4. AMS and UCAR urge U.Va. to support climate scientist, defend academic freedom

    Their letter to the president of the University of Virginia supports a statement by the university's faculty and questions the Virginia attorney general's use of governmental authority.

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  5. Scrutinizing the Windsor twister from all angles

    After a very unusual tornado caused extensive damage along a 34-mile (55-kilometer) swath of northern Colorado in 2008, a team of scientists from NCAR and Colorado State University undertook a multidisciplinary study integrating meteorology, climatology, and social science.

    • Weather

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