Image of the Day: Ice That Looks Like a Tiffany Lampshade
Ice formations hang on trees at the Unteres Odertal national park near Schwedt, Germany. The park is a shared German-Polish nature reserve.
Credit: Patrick Pleul/AFP/Getty Images
Comments
Related Content
Related Graphics
-
- 2012: Warmest March Ever Recorded
- You knew it was warm last month, but today it’s official: it wasn’t just warm; it was thewarmest March ever recorded.
-
- Pollen Searches are on the Rise
- Online searches for the word “pollen” have gone through the roof this spring.
-
- Spring Comes Early Across the U.S.
- The Lower 48 as a whole had an average shift of “first leaf” from March 20 to March 17 – approximately 3 days earlier.
-
- Global Warming Coastal Flood Risk
- The odds of extreme coastal floods nationally by 2030.
-
- Warming Winters in the U.S.
- The way winters have changed in the United States between 1895 and 2010
-
- Top 10 Hardest Hit States of 2011
- This slideshow recaps the year's extraordinarily destructive climate and weather events, including searing heat waves, parching
-
- Maps Show Quarter Million New Yorkers Reside Below Potential Storm Surge Level
- This map shows the land zone within five vertical feet of the average high tide line in the New York City area.
-
- Ruthless Tornadoes of 2011
- Photos from one of the worst tornado seasons to ever hit the U.S.
-
- Wildfires in the West
- In 2006, wildfires burned seven million acres in the West, the equivalent area of five of the country's largest national parks.
-
- In Nevada, Fires Follow Rain
- In a desert state like Nevada, heavy rains promote plant growth but can lead to more wildfires.
Related Videos
-
- March 2012 Becomes Warmest on Record
- This NOAA animation shows the locations of each of the 15,000 temperature records set in sequence over the 31 days in March.
-
- Watch 131 Years of Global Warming in 26 Seconds
- An amazing 26-second video depicting how temperatures around the globe have warmed since 1880.
-
- Adapting to New Normals: The Heat’s On
- One city in the Mid-Atlantic already is taking the new climate "normals" into consideration as it plans for weather extremes.
-
- How Do We Know: Hunting Hurricanes
- Scientist Jack Beven explains the technology used to forecast and track potential hurricanes as they happen.
-
- ClimateCenter: Summer Forecast 2011
- This year’s Atlantic hurricane season is expected to be busier than usual. Heidi Cullen makes the climate connection.
-
- Wildfires Out West
- In different parts of the American West, climate influences wildfires in unexpected ways.
-
- M.V. Ramana on Safety at Nuclear Power Plants
- Engineers who design nuclear plants can plan a worst case scenario, but this may not be enough to prevent all accidents.
-
- M.V. Ramana on Nuclear Power in India and China
- Both India and China have big expansion plans for nuclear power. Here's a look at why they are expanding and what the risks are.
-
- ClimateCenter: Spring Outlook
- With what feels like an especially long winter coming to an end, Dr. Heidi Cullen gives a climate outlook for spring 2011.
-
- ClimateCenter: The New Normals
- What we’ve known as “normals” for our climate the past decade will very likely change soon.
Twitter Facebook YouTube Vimeo Pinterest RSS