Earth Day draws attention to climate change, but it's also been a fascinating day in weather history, with everything from ...

Tropical cyclones are hurricanes that brew over the tropical ocean and can travel over land, inundating coastal regions. The ...

A new study reveals that extreme ocean heat events now occur nearly 50 ... stable leading to more frequent and powerful tropical storms in some regions.

Emergent modeling tools under development by University of Delaware researchers will be used to understand the impact of ...

Extreme rainfall events can cause devastating floods, landslides, and widespread damage, yet predicting them remains a major ...

Scientists at the University of Miami's Alfred C. Glassell Jr. SUrge‐STructure‐Atmosphere INteraction (SUSTAIN) laboratory conducted a first-of-its-kind study into how waves form and increase in windy ...

Heat and heatwaves. Heatwaves are getting hotter and longer. The increase in extreme heat is a result of our warming planet, as rising greenhouse gas emissions trap more heat in […] ...

More than a foot of rain fell in several areas. As a climate scientist who studies the water cycle, I often get questions about how extreme storms like these form and what climate change has to do ...

This often leads to strong storm systems that can spawn tornadoes. Extreme downpours hit the Midwest It is precisely a combination of these conditions that caused the prolonged, extensive ...

also found that rising global temperatures are making extreme ocean heat events last longer and become more intense. "Marine heatwaves can devastate underwater ecosystems. Extended periods of ...