Dangerous Weather Outlook 2016

Information graphics demystify Earth’s most powerful storms

Scientists grapple over the extent to which humans are making extreme weather worse

Hurricane season officially kicks off June 1, and forecasters expect the Atlantic Ocean will spawn a near-average number of hurricanes in 2016

U.N. report says wheat and other crops generate potential toxins to protect themselves from intense weather

As hoped-for precipitation from El Niño falls short, Los Angeles resorts to a controversial method to reap water from the sky

Scientists use ocean data to more accurately predict a hurricane's strength as it approaches landfall

Winter heat, pounding rains, tornadoes—a climatologist explains which extremes can be attributed to El Niño and which cannot

Extreme weather events are nothing new, but they appear to be gaining strength. Scientists have risked life and limb to help us better understand—and better survive—these storms

Hurricane season begins in May and lasts through November, producing dozens of powerful hurricanes. In this episode of Instant Egghead, Scientific American editor Mark Fischetti explains how these massive storms get their start.