Research Flights Over the Atlantic Could Help Improve Atmospheric River Forecasting NYT: Science By:Eric Niiler 16 December 2025 at 17:37 A global effort to better understand moisture-laden rivers in the sky, like those currently battering the West Coast, will take flight in January. © Erin Schaff/The New York TimesA view out the window of a research mission by NOAA into atmospheric rivers over the Pacific in 2023.
Arctic Report Card Marks Record Temperatures and Rainfall in Arctic NYT: Science By:Eric Niiler 16 December 2025 at 14:12 A yearly checkup on the region documents a warmer, rainier Arctic and 200 Alaskan rivers “rusting” as melting tundra leaches minerals from the soil into waterways. © Josh Koch/U.S. Geological SurveyA tributary of the Kugaaruk River in northern Alaska turning orange from elevated heavy metal concentrations.
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