Global hunger has increased recently, returning to levels observed a decade ago. Climate change is identified as a key factor contributing to these increases and is a significant cause of severe food ...

While the world's most advanced climate models successfully reproduce heat waves once they are underway, they consistently ...

Extreme precipitation (EP) is a major climate risk, yet its projections remain uncertain due to the combined influence of thermodynamic (TH) and dynamic (DY) processes. Using multi-model simulations ...

Changes in wind patterns play the leading role in influencing often devastating tropical rainfall changes, rather than simply ...

Florida State University researchers have identified key differences in the root causes of long-term sea-surface temperature ...

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 ...

After a record fall, when nearly the entire United States experienced drought—unprecedented in US Drought Monitor history—water managers and planners nationwide are nervously hoping for a wet winter, ...

In Brazilian climate policy though, the challenge comes earlier: what counts as evidence when knowledge is probabilistic ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dianne Plummer is an Energy Consultant and Certified Energy Manager. Climate change as defined by the United Nations refers to ...

Climate change is unexpectedly causing north Pacific storms to shift toward the Arctic, throwing projections for future West Coast weather into question. Reading time 2 minutes In November 2024, a ...

Climate is constantly changing and will continue to do so; we cannot assume a stable climate system even in the absence of anthropogenic influences. Such variability manifests itself over a continuum ...