Scientists have uncovered strong evidence that a major Atlantic Ocean current system tied to global climate is weakening. The ...

Scientists are still sorting out how strong the shift will be. Some think it could be 'among the strongest El Niños seen in ...

As the planet warms, past episodes of the natural weather phenomenon may no longer be a reliable guide of how the next one ...

By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, April 24 (Reuters) - The return of El Nino weather conditions are expected from as early as May this year, potentially affecting global temperatures and rainfall patterns ...

New forecasts this week from NOAA and the European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts show the likelihood of a ...

Is your idea of El Niño and La Niña mainly informed by a 1990s-era Chris Farley sketch from “Saturday Night Live?” The late comedian’s definition was hilarious, albeit a bit lacking in scientific ...

Weather is never random. Every unusual storm, every record-breaking heat wave, every flood that seems to come out of nowhere is part of a much larger story our atmosphere is trying to tell. In recent ...

As extreme weather becomes more common, price spikes once seen as temporary may become something more lasting — and further ...

NOAA and Jennifer A. Francis, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, and Stephen J. Vavrus, Center for Climatic Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Geophysical Research ...

Global warming extinctions usually have people picturing the last polar bears or other furry critters disappearing.

The Indian Ocean is smaller than the two other major ocean basins, but its impact on the global climate is mighty, according ...