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Atmospheric rivers are shifting poleward, reshaping global weather patterns

  • Written by Zhe Li, Postdoctoral Researcher in Earth System Science, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Atmospheric rivers are shifting poleward, reshaping global weather patternsAtmospheric rivers are long filaments of moisture that curve poleward. Several are visible in this satellite image.Bin Guan, NASA/JPL-Caltech and UCLA

Atmospheric rivers – those long, narrow bands of water vapor in the sky that bring heavy rain and storms to the U.S. West Coast and many other regions – are shifting toward higher...

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