An atmospheric river is just how it sounds: A river in the sky. Here's how it can impact your day-to-day. TEMPLE, Texas — For ...

Record rainfall from bomb cyclones and atmospheric river storms brings much-needed relief to drought-stricken reservoirs.

Parts of northern California have been inundated by days of heavy rain from an atmospheric river. New video shows you how the ...

In recent years, "atmospheric river" has become used much more frequently in scientific papers and in media coverage.

The storm, driven by the season’s first major atmospheric river, inundated the Pacific Northwest and Northern California, ...

An atmospheric river storm dumped five months of rain in four days over Sonoma County, Calif., north of San Francisco. NBC ...

They're invisible to the naked eye. The water is moved over the ocean in the form of water vapor, not a "river" in the way we think of them on land. They tend to move through the atmosphere in streams ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A strong storm system fueled by a moderate atmospheric river is on a direct path to bring soaking rain to Oregon and Southwest Washington this week. KOIN 6 Meteorologist ...

This greenhouse gas is about 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide in terms of its ability to heat up the climate system, though methane molecules only persist in the atmosphere for seven to 12 ...

In October 2024, southern British Columbia and western Washington faced significant rainfall from a powerful atmospheric river. Credit: NASA Earth Observatory image by Wanmei Liang, using VIIRS data ...