Stories by Andrea Thompson

It’s a weird meteorological coincidence on the heels of Dolly Parton’s death

Fossilized Galápagos corals show clear evidence that today’s El Niños are much stronger than those in the past

A massive flood potentially caused by a chunk of ice breaking off from a glacier has swept away bridges, schools, and other buildings and killed at least 160 people

Twisters don’t touch down in New York City often, but they can when the conditions are just right

A strengthening El Niño may surpass any seen since the 19th century and will usher in another record hot year or two

Companies are making big bets on technology to solve lingering challenges in the clean-energy rollout. Here are four of the most ambitious projects

This quake, which has caused damage to several roads and buildings, occurred along a strike-slip fault

Smoke from northern Minnesota and western Ontario wildfires is pouring over the Great Lakes, mid-Atlantic and Northeast, bringing record levels of hazardous air pollution to major cities

People in the U.S. experience more, and more intense, heat waves than the Founding Fathers would have

A prolonged, intense heat wave will make temperatures feel as hot as 115 degrees Fahrenheit in the eastern U.S. this week

What’s going on with the Ebola outbreak, how the World Cup is dealing with rising temperatures, and how becoming a father can change your brain

Tropical Storm Arthur is the first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season and will bring heavy rains and potential flash flooding to the Southeast

Making artificial-intelligence tools to predict what climate change will mean for extreme weather

The science historian talks about scientific integrity and public opinion

The famed climatologist talks about how science in the U.S. is under attack

The well-regarded meteorologist shares advice for young scientists to become as good at communication as they are at discovery

The well-known seismologist on the need for the U.S. to recalibrate its social commitment to science

Extreme heat poses a risk to players, spectators and workers—find out where the danger is and how to keep cool

The magnitude 7.8 earthquake that hit the Philippines happened at a subduction zone. Such places are capable of producing the largest earthquakes possible

Andrew Scott plays World War II meteorologist James Stagg in a new film Pressure, which explores the crucial role weather forecasting played in D-Day

As General Dwight D. Eisenhower prepared for D-Day, he needed a forecast. The new movie Pressure shows the tense make-or-break weather prediction that led to the successful invasion of Europe that spelled the beginning of the end of World War II

A Bermuda high parked over the western Atlantic is pulling sweltering air up from the south, challenging records in parts of the eastern U.S.

A fire covering at least five square miles burned through the exclusion zone around the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster on Friday after two drones crashed into the area

The environmental crises of the past often seem to disappear—have problems like acid rain and smog been solved?