The temperature of this patch of the tropical Pacific Ocean is closely monitored because it has far reaching effects on atmospheric circulation and global climate. El Niño and La Niña typically last ...

Atmospheric rivers are long filaments of moisture that curve poleward. Several are visible in this satellite image. [Photo: Bin Guan/NASA/JPL-Caltech and UCLA] BY The Conversation Atmospheric ...

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 ...

In the heart of the gradually warming Atlantic Ocean, a cold zone persists south of Greenland. This thermal anomaly ...

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 ...

El Niño is so last season. Federal forecasters say the climate pattern, which brought warmer-than-normal ocean temperatures to the Eastern Pacific — and helped drive global temperatures to new heights ...

Abrupt climate changes have affected rainfall patterns worldwide in the past, especially in the tropical monsoon region, a new study shows. An international team of scientists used dripstones from ...

The representation of groundwater dynamics in land surface models and their roles in global precipitation variations has received attention in recent years. Studies have revealed the overall higher ...