Global wind patterns are large-scale air movements that distribute heat and moisture around the planet. They are influenced by factors such as the Earth’s rotation and the distribution of land ...

Warming changes wind patterns, which changes cloud patterns, which results in more warming. This is what we call "positive feedback" in the climate system: warming leads to more warming.

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

La niña leads to global upper-atmospheric wind patterns that promote generally warmer winters in the southern U.S. and along the East Coast.

Wind energy is butting up against the effects of sluggish weather in the West, where wind patterns have changed and renewable energy production is at a near five-year low. The government's Energy ...

The Aeolus satellite recently concluded its study of global wind patterns. In July, the European Space Agency guided the spacecraft through maneuvers to make it burn up in Earth’s atmosphere.

The World Meteorological Organization reports increased odds that El Niño, the global weather pattern often tied to intense heat, will arrive by fall. By Elena Shao Forecasters from the World ...