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Thu. 01/12 - A Giant River Falling From the Sky

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What exactly is an “atmospheric river,” why is it causing so much havoc in California right now, and what do these current storms mean for the future? Plus, NASA and Roscosmos have reached an agreement on how to bring three ISS crew members back to Earth following a coolant leak on a Soyuz spacecraft. Just don’t call it a rescue mission.

Links:

Why California Is Being Deluged by Atmospheric Rivers (Scientific American)
  • Storm-ravaged California scrambles as fresh atmospheric river rolls in (The Guardian)
  • California’s onslaught of storms is far from over. Will it ever end? (Washington Post)
  • A ‘Pineapple Express’ Is Bringing Rain and Snow to California (NY Times)
  • The Coming Megafloods (Scientific American, 2013)
  • Extreme drought nearly eliminated in California in wake of atmospheric rivers (ABC News)
  • Will the atmospheric rivers drenching California beat back devastating drought? (CBS News)
  • Rivers in the Sky: What You Need to Know About Atmospheric River Storms (KQED)
  • The science behind atmospheric river storms, explained (San Francisco Chronicle)
  • Op-Ed: We Shouldn't Rely on Atmospheric River Miracles (Bay Nature)
  • Russia to send replacement craft to retrieve crew from space station (Washington Post)
  • Russia Confirms Rescue of Stranded Cosmonauts With a Replacement Mission (ScienceAlert)
  • Russia to launch new Soyuz capsule to replace leaky spacecraft on space station (Space.com)
  • Last Tuesday's episode mentioning the Soyuz coolant leak (Cool Stuff Ride Home)
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