British Rainfall Records Extended to 1836 Thanks to Covid

Britain’s official rainfall records date back to the year before Queen Victoria ascended the throne, thanks to the efforts of thousands of volunteers who were confined to their homes during Covid. Ed Hawkins, a climate scientist at the University of Reading in England, call for help More than 65,000 handwritten monthly rainfall diaries spanning three …

Yosemite Falls Ripples After West Coast Storms Bring Required Rainfall

The remnants of two storm systems merging this week in drought-stricken California have helped pump new life into one of Yosemite National Park’s most popular attractions: Yosemite Falls. “We’ve had quite a storm,” Park said. said in an Instagram post On Tuesday, it fell in a 36-hour period after more than six inches of rain. …