Weather

Protecting against flood and wind yields higher average benefits than fire and earthquakes

If greenhouse gases are not curbed, 60 percent of the world will set monthly records by century’s end

Six years ago, lake levels were low, now lakeside communities face widespread flooding

Recent disasters show how climate change is making winter storms, flooding rains and summer heat waves more extreme

Changes to El Niño influence precipitation and temperature patterns around the globe

Next-generation mobile technology could interfere with crucial satellite-based Earth observations

Extreme rainfall projections inform plans to increase infrastructure resilience

The polar vortex struck in January, giving Chicago a brief blast of Arctic weather 

Strange waves in the jet stream foretell a future full of heat waves and floods

Scientists are crafting clearer, faster ways to warn of serious damage from flooding

The droughts and deluges spurred by the events could be worse even if the El Niño cycle does not change

Seismologist and policy advisor Lucy Jones says science education needs to teach how science works more than just what it finds out.