One new study identifies a 17% increase in the destructive potential of the strongest nor’easters, while another bolsters ...

Summer has increasingly become a season marked by deadly disasters, underscoring the escalating volatility of our warming ...

As temperatures rise, the air becomes capable of holding more moisture. In fact, for every 1°F increase in temperature, the atmosphere can hold about 4% more water vapor. That might not sound like a ...

Global warming does not affect our planet evenly. Some areas such as the Arctic region or high mountain peaks warm faster ...

A team of scientists from the IBS Center for Climate Physics (ICCP), Pusan National University in South Korea and the Alfred Wegener Institute, ...

An oceanographer explains how climate change, warming oceans and a souped-up atmosphere are creating conditions for deadly floods.

New fossil studies reveal that ancient predators like saber-toothed cats vanished rapidly after their primary prey species ...

According to Henley & Partners—a U.K.-based investment migration consultancy—at least 39 countries do not permit dual ...

The extreme rainfall that occurred in the Northeast on Monday could happen more often in the future as a result of climate ...

Singh and Goyal (2016) analyzed the spatial and temporal variability of precipitation lapse rate and of precipitation extreme indices of the Teesta River catchment, which corresponds to north Sikkim ...

As cities, farmers and businesses plan for an uncertain future, researchers are attempting to determine how much weather ...

The mechanism involves atmospheric waves that bounce between the upper atmosphere and ground level, amplifying weather ...