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 ...

"Even more dramatic." Scientists issue warning after uncovering factor driving natural phenomenon: 'May face an increased ...

In recent years, as extreme weather events have occurred with increasing frequency, scientists have been searching within the ...

Hurricane Melissa followed what has unfortunately become a pattern for major storms: It formed late in the season, ...

Dynamical mechanisms for the summer Eurasian circulation trend pattern are investigated by analyzing reanalysis data and conducting numerical model simulations. The daily circulations that resemble ...

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 ...

A research team from the Korea Polar Research Institute collects an ice core at an Antarctic ice drilling site. Courtesy 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 ...

Centuries-old trees can hold clues about global weather patterns. A new UA study unlocked some of those clues.

New satellite data reveals Earth is absorbing more sunlight. The Northern Hemisphere is darkening faster than the Southern Hemisphere. This imbalance affects global weather patterns and climate ...