Stories by Climate Central

Fiercer winds from the Southern Ocean means a faster meltdown of ice

Two years later scientists are still learning from the superstorm that struck New York and New Jersey

Hydropower, which is increasing worldwide, may prove a huge source of the potent greenhouse gas

The climate pattern has an outsized impact on the risks of flooding or not in various regions of the world

The total number of days in the U.S. with a tornado is decreasing but the number per day is rising

NOAA's winter climate outlook suggests this winter will not be as unusual as last one

So many storms in October is rare but not unprecedented

Despite all the metals and raw materials that go into making solar cells and wind turbines, these sources of low-carbon renewable electrify will have a low climate and environmental impact through 2050

The record follows a trend over the past three years of anomalously high winter ice extents, providing a stark contrast to the inexorable decline of Arctic sea ice

The upper 2,300 feet of the Southern Hemisphere's oceans may have warmed twice as quickly after 1970 than had previously been thought, committing Earth to a warmer climate

The peak of the season in Tornado Alley in the U.S. has shifted seven days earlier in the past six decades

Natural variation may explain a little more than a century of warming in this region

NOAA data suggests that 2014 is on a trend to edge out 2010 as the warmest year on record globally

Speakers including U.N. Secretary General, Vice President Al Gore, and IPCC head R.K. Pachauri spoke of the economic impact of climate change and the need for political action

Smoldering garbage turns out to be a significant source of the greenhouse gases causing climate change

Despite a noticeably cool month across much of the U.S., the answer may surprise you

So many new plants have been built worldwide that emissions across their lifetimes will be enormous

Certain avian species seem to crash into large solar power arrays or get burned by the concentrated rays

Single-day urban temperatures in some metro areas in the past 10 years have spiked as much as 27 degrees F higher than the surrounding rural area

Water that used to hold down land masses in California is now being lost, so some parts of the state's mountains are being uplifted by a surprising amount

Estimating how bike sharing keeps CO2 out of the atmosphere is complicated because every bike-sharing program works differently and collects data differently

Ice melt causes a growth of large waves in previously iced-over areas, which could further exacerbate the loss of sea ice

These small, rotating columns of air can result from a mini-weather system that occurs when one piece of ground heats up faster than the ground surrounding it on a hot, calm, dry day

It's been more than two decades since the last hurricane hit the 50th state