Scientists say recent extreme snowstorms are consistent with weather patterns shifting due to climate change. A warmer atmosphere holds more moisture, which can lead to more intense precipitation, ...

Changes to the seasons will also have big impacts on the environment—altering the growing seasons for plants and changing ...

A series of tragic deaths in Canada, the U.S. and Europe is showing how tricky avalanches still are to predict. Will that change with global warming?

El Niño conditions can nudge the overall weather pattern in Connecticut, although it doesn't affect day-to-day forecasts.

The trek across the North Sea island of Norderney—a barrier island in the German North Sea—is around five kilometers long. Designed by Lena Thissen, a researcher from the University of Oldenburg, ...

People quickly normalize extreme weather. Simple visuals highlighting abrupt change could help climate change break through our mental blind spots.

New research shows storms in the Southern Ocean are producing more rainfall, revealing a major shift in one of Earth’s most important climate systems. Macquarie Island sits in the remote Southern ...

The trade winds are permanent east-to-west prevailing winds that flow in Earth's equatorial region, blowing mainly from the northeast in the Northern Hemisphere and from the southeast in the Southern ...

Super El Niño signals raise concern as scientists warn of hotter summers, possible weak monsoon and climate disruptions across India.

Climate change might cause more shorter and warmer winters, but that doesn’t mean a white Christmas will become a thing of ...