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- There are no tropical cyclones at this time. NHC (National Hurricane Center) Atlantic · 1m
- Atlantic Tropical Weather Outlook NHC (National Hurricane Center) Atlantic · 5h
- NASA reveals a haunting skull hidden in Antarctica’s ice ScienceDaily Weather · 1d
- The asteroid killed the dinosaurs. Why did crocodiles survive? ScienceDaily Weather · 4d
- November Weather Forecast: Super El Niño Takes Control as Winter 2026/2027 Approaches Severe Weather Europe · 4d
- Scientists confirm global warming is accelerating faster than ever recorded ScienceDaily Weather · 4d
- Kirby Struhar NOAA News · 5d
- 128,000-year-old ice in Tibet could rewrite climate history ScienceDaily Weather · 5d
- Antarctica’s “Doomsday Glacier” could raise sea levels twice as much as predicted ScienceDaily Weather · 6d
- Polar Vortex Split Forecast: The Earliest Stratospheric Warming on Record Is Coming Severe Weather Europe · 6d
- Scientists discover Arctic sea ice loss could be far worse than predicted ScienceDaily Weather · 8d
- A rock plunged 90 kilometers into Earth and revealed something unexpected ScienceDaily Weather · 12d
- A train was delayed by a solar storm. But something didn't add up. ScienceDaily Weather · 13d
- Hurricane warning maps are improving, but a dangerous problem remains ScienceDaily Weather · 14d
CLIMATE
- Bearing the borderlands Yale Climate Connections · 13m
- New tool will help gardeners move away from thirsty English classics to drought-resistant plants Guardian Climate · 3h
- Brazil publishes first global ‘roadmap’ for phasing out fossil fuels Guardian Climate · 3h
- The Amazon’s canary in the coalmine: what a tropical fish can tell us about climate upheaval Guardian Climate · 4h
- Mitch McConnell’s climate legacy Yale Climate Connections · 4h
- An Ohio city is raising about $100,000 a year for solar through a carbon fee Yale Climate Connections · 4h
- Welsh public sector unlikely to meet net zero plans by 2030, say auditors BBC Science & Environment · 7h
- From scooters to shampoo - the people saving hundreds from dumpster diving BBC Science & Environment · 9h
- Major study into 'forever chemicals' in people's bodies launched in UK BBC Science & Environment · 9h
- AI data centres could undermine UK's emissions goals BBC Science & Environment · 10h
- Scientists detect signals at the smallest scale ever explored BBC Science & Environment · 10h
- Colossal rains and flash floods hammer the U.S. Southwest and Florida peninsula Yale Climate Connections · 21h
- ICE, inflation and Trump: gen Z readers share their concerns heading into the voting booth Guardian Climate · 1d
- A lackluster response to North Carolina flooding disasters is eroding Republican support in one county Guardian Climate · 1d
SPACE WEATHER & SKY
- Astronaut and Earth NASA · 13m
- Teacher Created Heliophysics Lesson Plans NASA Science · 59m
- TB 26-10 Printed Circuit Board Assembly Chip Resistor Body Cracking NASA Science · 1h
- NASA Astronaut, STEM Creator Connect with Students for STEM Day NASA Science · 1h
- Galaxies SIG Seminar, 3 Nov 2026 NASA Science · 3h
- AI/ML STIG Lecture Series, 9 Nov 2026 NASA Science · 3h
- IR STIG Seminar, 10 Nov 2026 NASA Science · 3h
- AI/ML STIG Lecture Series, 16 Nov 2026 NASA Science · 3h
- Cosmic Origins at AAS 249, Jan 2026 NASA Science · 3h
- GR SIG Seminar, 6 Nov 2026 NASA Science · 3h
- APOD: 2026 November 3 – Comet PanSTARRs and Rainbow Meteor NASA · 11h
- The Pacific’s Busy Storm Season NASA · 11h
- Happy 65 Years: NASA’s Johnson Space Center Then and Now NASA · 19h
- TB 26-09 Measured Hammer-Tap Inputs NASA · 20h
TODAY IN WEATHER HISTORY — NOVEMBER 3
14TH CENTURY
- 1333 — The River Arno floods causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani. source: Wikipedia: Arno
15TH CENTURY
- 1471 — Aira (Kyushu-Japan) erupts (Volcanic Explosivity Index 5). source: NOAA NCEI Significant Volcanic Eruptions Database
17TH CENTURY
- 1660 — Katla (Iceland-S) erupts (Volcanic Explosivity Index 4). source: NOAA NCEI Significant Volcanic Eruptions Database
18TH CENTURY
- 1706 — Earthquake strikes Italy: Sulmona To Campobasso, Abruzzi; about 1,000 deaths recorded. source: NOAA NCEI Significant Earthquake Database
- 1761 — Earthquake (magnitude 6) strikes China: Yunnan Province; about 50 deaths recorded. source: NOAA NCEI Significant Earthquake Database
19TH CENTURY
- 1861 N. AMERICA — An unnamed tropical storm makes landfall near 41.0N, 72.3W as a tropical storm (about 69 mph winds). source: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 Atlantic best-track data
- 1872 — Merapi (Java) erupts (Volcanic Explosivity Index 4); about 200 deaths recorded. source: NOAA NCEI Significant Volcanic Eruptions Database
20TH CENTURY
- 1904 N. AMERICA — An unnamed tropical storm makes landfall near 30.3N, 86.7W as a tropical storm (about 40 mph winds). source: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 Atlantic best-track data
- 1985 N. AMERICA — Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Maryland Flooding (November 1985) begins (flooding): about $4.1 billion in damage (inflation-adjusted) and 62 deaths. source: NOAA NCEI Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters
21ST CENTURY
- 2002 N. AMERICA — Earthquake (magnitude 7.9) strikes Alaska: Slana, Mentasta Lake, Fairbanks. source: NOAA NCEI Significant Earthquake Database
- 2016 — The Chicago Cubs beat the Cleveland Indians in the World Series, ending the team's 108-year-long title drought. source: Wikipedia: Chicago Cubs
- 2020 N. AMERICA — Hurricane Eta makes landfall near 13.8N, 83.5W as a Category 4 hurricane (about 138 mph winds). source: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 Atlantic best-track data
- 2023 — Earthquake (magnitude 5.7) strikes Nepal: Jajarkot, Rukum West; about 154 deaths recorded. source: NOAA NCEI Significant Earthquake Database
Compiled from Wikipedia's November 3 page and "On this day" feed (weather/hazard entries only), NOAA NCEI (National Centers for Environmental Information) significant earthquake, volcano and billion-dollar disaster databases, NOAA NHC HURDAT2 hurricane landfalls (1851–present), and the NOAA SPC tornado database (1950–present). Every entry links to its source.
EARTHQUAKES
- M 5.4 - 24 km NNW of Rioblanco, Colombia USGS (U.S. Geological Survey) M4.5+ Today · 30m
- M 4.9 - South Sandwich Islands region USGS (U.S. Geological Survey) M4.5+ Today · 2h
- M 4.9 - 101 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece USGS (U.S. Geological Survey) M4.5+ Today · 4h
- M 4.5 - 31 km E of Mawlaik, Burma (Myanmar) USGS (U.S. Geological Survey) M4.5+ Today · 6h
- M 4.8 - 6 km S of Asahi, Japan USGS (U.S. Geological Survey) M4.5+ Today · 7h
- M 4.7 - 74 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia USGS (U.S. Geological Survey) M4.5+ Today · 12h
- M 4.6 - 226 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu USGS (U.S. Geological Survey) M4.5+ Today · 19h
- M 4.5 - 168 km SE of San Jose Village, Northern Mariana Islands USGS (U.S. Geological Survey) M4.5+ Today · 20h
EARTH, OCEANS & ATMOSPHERE
- New study reveals where drought and extreme heat converge across Oman Phys.org Earth Sciences · 4h
- Fire losses to U.S. buildings could nearly triple by 2060 without new protections Phys.org Earth · 6h
- Study dives into lesser-known climate impacts of global reforestation Phys.org Earth · 14h
- Climate change is making the tropics hotter Phys.org Earth · 14h
- UK storm surges have far-flung, global climate connections Phys.org Earth Sciences · 15h
- Microbes at the end of the Earth: Antarctica's hidden biodiversity Phys.org Earth · 16h
- Improved snow model captures Northeast's winter thaws and runoff more accurately Phys.org Earth Sciences · 16h
- Arctic plant roots may play key role in climate change Phys.org Earth Sciences · 17h
- Not in a FEMA flood zone? Your home could still be at risk—and you could suffer more than your neighbor Phys.org Earth · 19h
- Reservoir, human activity impact Ravi River's surface water availability by fivefold Phys.org Earth Sciences · 19h
- Historical records reveal the bitter truth about 17th-century Transylvania's climate Phys.org Earth Sciences · 20h
- Long-term observations of marine clouds reveal how in-cloud motions shape rain Phys.org Earth Sciences · 21h
- Volcanic eruptions in the tropics are a major factor in Earth's thermostat Phys.org Earth Sciences · 23h
- Climate-vulnerable Africa faces significant gaps in early warning systems, leaving millions at risk from extreme weather Phys.org Earth Sciences · 1d
NEW PAPERS & STUDIES
- Time to drop the no-policy business-as-usual baselines Nature Climate Change · 16h
- Zero emissions commitment depends on warming level Nature Climate Change · 16h
- Prevalence of Local Emissions in Arctic Carbonaceous Aerosols Revealed by Dual Carbon Isotopes and Atmospheric Transport Modeling AGU (American Geophysical Union) Geophysical Research Letters · 1d
- Impact of Reservoirs on Streamflow Extremes in India AGU (American Geophysical Union) Geophysical Research Letters · 1d
- Sparse‐Well Diffusion Reconstructions Enable Groundwater Transport Equation Recovery and Plume Refinement AGU (American Geophysical Union) Geophysical Research Letters · 1d
- Reevaluating Large‐Scale Deformation Precursors of Great Subduction Earthquakes: Insights From Satellite Gravity and GNSS Data AGU (American Geophysical Union) Geophysical Research Letters · 1d
- Urbanization Enhances Inner‐Core Rainfall During Tropical Cyclone Landfall AGU (American Geophysical Union) Geophysical Research Letters · 1d
- Southeast Asian voices on climate change Nature Climate Change · 1d
- Model‐Data Comparison of Electron Energization Associated With Kinetic Alfvén Waves in the Near Earth Magnetotail AGU (American Geophysical Union) Geophysical Research Letters · 1d
- Evaluation‐Constrained Projections Reveal a Potentially Navigable Arctic by the 2030s AGU (American Geophysical Union) Geophysical Research Letters · 1d
- High Resolution Focal Mechanisms and Stress Field Orientation in Southern Italy From Short‐Term Dense Arrays AGU (American Geophysical Union) Geophysical Research Letters · 1d
- Experimental Evidence of Reaction‐Driven Fracturing and Ultramafic Rock Weakening Induced by CO2 Mineralization AGU (American Geophysical Union) Geophysical Research Letters · 1d
- Enhanced Sensitivity of the Asian Water Tower to La Niña in the 21st Century AGU (American Geophysical Union) Geophysical Research Letters · 1d
- How the River Network Shapes Spatiotemporal Drought Behavior Across Europe AGU (American Geophysical Union) Geophysical Research Letters · 1d