Weather

A movement to privatize Earth-observing satellites is gaining ground

Agency says “high-definition from the heavens” could dramatically improve weather forecasts

Both NASA and NOAA declare that our planet is experiencing record-breaking warming for the third year in a row

Mild weather days worldwide could decline by up to 13 percent by the end of the century due to global warming

Graphics from the Scientific American archive show how these storm systems impact California

Feedback loops between record Arctic temperatures and the jet stream may be altering our weather

Shifting rainfall patterns and the amount of water in the ground are likely causes for the heightened risk

A leading scientist explains that improved computing and statistics can tie extreme events to global warming

Researchers climb 300 feet to the tops of thousand-year-old trees to analyze how they are faring

The public’s perception of global warming is shaped by the weather that people experience

Deadly heat waves, Alaskan wildfires and sunny day tidal flooding are some of the events that scientists are increasingly linking to climate change

Climate change will bring more frequent and fierce rainstorms to cities like Houston