Is damaging hail getting worse? An ESSL-led study published in Nature Geoscience finds that very large hail is modelled to occur most frequently in South America, the United States, and South Africa, but Europe shows the strongest increase in very large hail frequency. doi.org/10.1038/s415...

⚒️ Article: The frequency of very large hail events increased most in Europe and decreased most in South America between 1950 and 2023 @essl-ecss.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Contrasting trends in very large hail events and related economic losses across the globe - Nature Geoscience

The frequency of very large hail events between 1950 and 2023 increased most in Europe and decreased most in South America because of variations in atmospheric humidity and instability, according to a...

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To submit your abstract for the upcoming European Conference on Severe Storms, visit: ecss.eu

Do not forget the Abstract submission deadline of the upcoming European Conference on Severe Storms ⛈️🌪️⚡next Friday 6 June! We hope to welcome all researchers and forecasters with an interest in severe storms to Utrecht 🇳🇱 this November 🙂! Sponsored by @eumetsat.int @eumetsat-users.bsky.social.

European lightning deaths skew toward males (77.8%), teens, and SE Europe (especially Bulgaria), finds a #WeaClimateSoc study by researchers at @essl-ecss.bsky.social. Of 1,282 recorded lightning fatalities over 2001-2020, many were farm workers or hikers. Read more: bit.ly/4lJ2LUr

New ESSL study: Lightning kills about 64 people per year across Europe, 78% of them being men. In eastern Europe most victims were at work, whilst in West Europe people engaging in leisure activities are hit more often. Read more in our article here: journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...

ESSL is looking for a researcher to join its team. For more information, see: www.essl.org/cms/vacancy-...

We are happy to announce that abstract submission and registration for the European Conference on Severe Storms (ECSS2025), 17 - 21 November in Utrecht, Netherlands, are now opened at ecss.eu . There is more information in this pdf document: www.essl.org/cms/wp-conte...

The sad news reached us that Chuck Doswell has passed away. ESSL will be forever grateful for his intensive engagement. With his unique talent to reduce severe storm science to its core and his engaging style of teaching and friendliness he has made an enormous impact on European storm research.

Last week we organized the first edition of the course on storm microphysics and radar meteorology, which was taught by Matt Kumjian of Pennsylvania State University. The course combined Matt's lectures with case studies using our new radar displayer developed by @bramvantveen.bsky.social

If you were wondering where to show your newest research results on severe storms next year: ESSL & KNMI are proud to announce the 12th ECSS, which will take place in Utrecht, Netherlands between 17 and 21 November 2025. Looking forward to seeing you there!