Models, by definition, are approximations: useful, informative, and inevitably incomplete, because they are the only way to simplify a world too complex to grasp all at once. A new study on nitrous ...

Climate-induced weather disasters include record wildfires in the West, record-setting heat waves and droughts, and aggressive hurricanes. Here, smoke plumes and hurricane clouds are visible at once.

Scientists Revisit Climate Predictions as Ocean Data Raises New Questions ...

Extreme heat is becoming an increasing challenge for cities around the world. Urban areas tend to trap warmth, making heatwaves more intense and potentially hazardous to the people who live, work, and ...

(A) Snapshot of SSHA distribution in Kuroshio Extension region on 2015 May 16 and corresponding eddies’ major and minor axes. (B) 3D structure of mesoscale eddies using PV contours on three isopycnal ...

In a time of increasing climate variability, researchers Pengfei Xue and Miraj B. Kayastha have developed regional Earth system models to better understand and predict extreme weather and ...

Water is made of hydrogen and oxygen, and sometimes these atoms are slightly heavier than usual. These heavier forms are ...

Climate projections indicate that by the 2040s, the nation’s most favorable corn and soybean growing region will have shifted northwest, potentially positioning Minnesota, North Dakota and South ...

Louise Devenish receives funding from the Australian Research Council. This article includes contributions from the Dark Oceanography team: Louise Devenish (Monash University), Kate Milligan ...