The frigid weather gripping much of America is not unprecedented, but it feels that way. The 21st century has been unusually ...
The possibility of snow in Tampa, Fla. Record heat and fires in Australia. Scientists say climate change is exacerbating ...
Last year, extreme weather didn’t just shatter records; it wiped more than $320 billion from the global economy, a sum larger than the annual GDP of countries like Finland and Chile.
Climate deniers are quick to say ‘I told you so’ when the mercury drops. But a warmer planet impacts weather in ways that can ...
“Storms are a natural part of Earth's system and are not going away,” William Ripple, co-lead author of the 2025 State of the ...
When it comes to distinguishing between weather and climate, weather generally covers short and specific timeframes and locations, while climate focuses on trends and statistical ups and downs over ...
The frigid temperatures, massive snow and deadly ice storm taking shape east of the Rockies might seem to conflict with life on a rapidly warming planet. But all of these things still happen, even ...
It never used to be possible to attribute individual weather events to climate change and map their full consequences. Thanks to the work of two pioneering climate scientists, it is now ...
Tens of millions of people are in the path of a major winter storm. Federal cuts threaten efforts to understand the causes of such weather.
The idea that brutal winter conditions of this kind mean that climate change isn’t happening is a misconception.
A warmer atmosphere has the potential to hold more moisture, which can contribute to heavier precipitation in any season, scientists say.