The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration officially declared La Niña conditions on October 9, 2025, signaling the ...

Scattering microscopic particles of sulfur in the atmosphere might slow down climate change. It might also change weather ...

Atmospheric rivers are long filaments of moisture that curve poleward. Several are visible in this satellite image. Bin Guan, NASA/JPL-Caltech and UCLA Atmospheric rivers – those long, narrow bands of ...

Once considered a fringe idea, the prospect of offsetting global warming by releasing massive quantities of ...

High above our heads and unseen to the naked eye, rivers of water vapor flow through the atmosphere. These "atmospheric rivers" are crucial to the global water cycle. Astonishingly, they have the ...

Rainfall fluctuates more vigorously. Why? Scientists say it's because of us. Many people around the world have noticed that rainfall is becoming increasingly erratic. Intense downpours are occurring ...

New research suggests that a rapidly warming Arctic is driving long-lasting summer extremes, like this month’s sweltering temperatures. Temperatures are finally falling in the eastern U.S. as a ...

A barrage of intense, wild swings in climate conditions may have fueled the largest mass extinction in Earth’s history. A re-creation of how ancient sea surface temperatures, ocean and atmosphere ...