Weather

If hemisphere-spanning currents are slowing, greater flooding and extreme weather could be at hand

The Arctic climate is shattering record after record, altering weather worldwide

A multifactorial analysis finds that the ignition of a flu epidemic stems from a blast of colder weather striking an otherwise warm, humid, urban environment, and driving people indoors into close quarters.

More data are supporting a once-controversial theory that the warming Arctic is making winter weather more extreme

The hills of southern California, stripped bare by massive wildfires, could liquefy under relentless rains

An analysis of more than six decades of daily temperature and snowfall data linked warmer arctic temperatures to cold snaps at lower latitudes. Christopher Intagliata reports.

Researchers begin to tackle the technical obstacles to incorporate observations from space into weather models

Greater swings in dry and wet spells makes grass growth difficult, a challenge for pasturelands around the world

And if countries do not meet the Paris climate agreement goals, the risks will be even greater

Ultra-fine aerosol particles, produced by industrial activity, are helping storms grow bigger and more intense in the Amazon basin

2017 was the U.S.’s most expensive year for climate disasters on record

A new analysis finds the two-week deep freeze had nothing to do with climate change