The rapid meltdown of polar ice could shut down a key ocean current by 2050, triggering catastrophic surges of sea level rise along the U.S. East Coast and dangerous climate shifts in northwestern ...

President Donald Trump has nominated Neil Jacobs, an atmospheric scientist, to lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Computer models reveal how human-driven climate change will dramatically overhaul critical nutrient cycles in the ...

Reductions in air pollution have helped warm the planet by cutting down on reflective particles in the atmosphere – but ...

President Donald Trump has named Neil Jacobs, a veteran of his first administration, to lead the National Oceanic and ...

A University of Hawaii at Mānoa study on the freezing of water droplets suspended in air sheds light on a key process in ...

The temperature swing is a 180-switch from the nearly 10 inches of snow that fell in a day in north Florida in late January, ...

Scientists found that atmospheric winds can either slow or energize ocean eddies depending on their direction.

Attribution science — linking cause and effect — involves statistical methods and climate models to identify the human influence on particular weather events and long-term climate patterns. It allows ...

The Earth's atmosphere has strengthened its ability to remove air pollutants, including the potent climate-warming gas ...

A new study of satellite imagery and high-resolution climate model data upends previous assumptions and provides insight about how the atmosphere and ocean weather patterns interact. The new research ...