Numerical models of Earth’s climate system, based on the laws of physics, are essential tools for predicting changes in weather and climate in our warming world. However, persistent uncertainties in ...

When the weather gets weird, as happens a lot these days, one question inevitably arises from reporters, politicians and the general public alike: is this global warming? The question was asked after ...

Every second, our planet is racing through space at tens of thousands of miles per hour, yet the air outside the window ...

Click the downloadable graphic: Weather Power Outages 2000 to 2023 Many types of extreme weather are becoming more frequent or intense because of human-caused climate change. These events put stress ...

Maria Temming: In 2021, a historic heat wave baked the Pacific Northwest killing hundreds of people and fueling wildfires. Researchers later reported that human-caused climate change made this heat ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Thursday its well-known “billion-dollar weather and climate disasters” database “will be retired,” a move that will make it next to ...

A decade ago, scientists would say they were pretty sure a specific hurricane, heatwave, flood, drought or raging wildfire was more severe due to climate change, but they could rarely pinpoint its ...

Forest fires are on the rise globally. An increase in severe fire weather is largely responsible. By Rebecca Dzombak In 2023 and 2024, the hottest years on record, more than 78 million acres of ...

Cold, Arctic air has descended on large portions of the U.S. and across the South, where this kind of extreme winter weather is rare. In Texas, residents have been asked to conserve energy to avoid ...