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

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

Scientists reveal warm ocean temperatures are rising faster than expected and warming oceans driven by climate change and ...

High temperatures, ageing trees and disease have lowered cocoa supplies and raised prices. Cocoa prices surged almost 300 ...

"NOAA’s office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research which is responsible for research on the Earth’s oceans, atmosphere, ...

We know it’s getting warmer. Earth’s climate has changed naturally over thousands of years—through cycles of ice ages and ...

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 ...

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.

Thus, the more heat waves there are, the more storms ... extreme marine heat waves in the 1940s per year, while today, that figure has jumped to 50, and some areas, such as parts of the Indian ...

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 […] ...

The Great Barrier Reef, one of the most stunning natural wonders of the world, is facing its greatest challenge yet—an ...

The number of days each year that the world's oceans experience extreme surface heat has tripled over the past 80 years due ...