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

They can transport water vapor at a rate that’s up to 15 times the average flow of the Mississippi River, resulting in rain and snow. For the West Coast of the U.S., atmospheric rivers provide ...

Meteorologists monitor them, but the ability to predict exactly how an atmospheric river might behave based on its underlying physics would offer more precise forecasts. In a paper published Nov. 4 in ...

A popular park in British Columbia's Lower Mainland remains closed due to damage from an atmospheric river weather system that drenched the province's south coast, triggering a mudslide and local ...

On Saturday, Oct. 19, as ­British Columbians voted, an atmospheric river smashed rainfall records on the South Coast. Streets turned into raging rivers, causing widespread destruction to homes ...

Not to be confused with the 2008 stoner comedy film, the Pineapple Express is arguably the world's most famous example of an atmospheric river, a flowing band of water vapor in Earth’s ...

This month, B.C. was hit with an atmospheric river that led to the deaths of four people — including two drivers on Vancouver Island, one teacher in a Coquitlam mudslide, and a man walking near ...

This model reveals how vastly different the atmosphere was on ancient Earth, and how life may have first emerged. The key to unlocking the secrets of distant planets starts right here on Earth.

The BC Coroners Service is investigating the death of the young man found on Grouse Mountain after the Oct. 19 atmospheric river. The Coroners Service confirmed that 25-year-old Tevin Rauner is ...

The BC Coroners Service is investigating the death of the young man found on Grouse Mountain after the Oct. 19 atmospheric river. The Coroners Service confirmed that 25-year-old Tevin Rauner is the ...