
Are Giant Sequoia Trees Succumbing to Drought?
Researchers climb 300 feet to the tops of thousand-year-old trees to analyze how they are faring

Are Giant Sequoia Trees Succumbing to Drought?
Researchers climb 300 feet to the tops of thousand-year-old trees to analyze how they are faring

Climate Change Skepticism Fueled by Gut Reaction to Local Weather
The public’s perception of global warming is shaped by the weather that people experience


Global Warming Worsened Dozens of Weather Events in 2015
Deadly heat waves, Alaskan wildfires and sunny day tidal flooding are some of the events that scientists are increasingly linking to climate change

Boomtown, Flood Town
Climate change will bring more frequent and fierce rainstorms to cities like Houston

Warming U.S. Could See Extreme Rains Increase Fivefold
More frequent, intense storms will put significant strain on infrastructure and agriculture

Extreme Tornado Outbreaks Are Becoming More Extreme
Lone tornadoes strike on fewer days, but outbreaks of multiple storms are occurring more often

Melting Permafrost Could Affect Weather Worldwide
It’s not just releasing greenhouse gases—it may also alter the ocean’s chemistry and circulation patterns

Tennessee Wildfire Is “Unlike Anything We’ve Ever Seen”
Scores of homes are gone and up to 2,000 people have been evacuated to emergency shelters

U.S. Poised to Launch Next-Generation Advanced Weather Satellite
GOES-R will provide a “superhigh-definition” view of Earth’s weather

La Niña Likely to Exacerbate Southern Drought
The climate event brings warm, drier weather to the southern U.S., but thankfully its effects will likely be short-lived this year

Greenhouse Gases Made West Coast Drought Worse
Excessive warmth, not lack of precipitation, drove low snowpack in Spring 2016

Cosmic Rays May Threaten Space-Weather Satellite
DSCOVR’s computer may be suffering from radiation-induced glitches, months after it became the primary sentinel for incoming solar storms