The Walker circulation, an atmospheric circulation pattern in the tropics, has accelerated in recent years, puzzling climate scientists who had anticipated the opposite. Researchers from the Max ...

The way climate change affects thermodynamic signals, such as atmospheric temperatures, is relatively well understood. Its effects on atmospheric circulation, however, are more complex because the ...

As global warming intensifies, extreme heat events are becoming more frequent and severe worldwide, and are increasingly occurring alongside air pollution to form compound heatwave–air pollution ...

Scientists have developed a powerful new way to trace the journey of water across the planet by reading tiny atomic clues hidden inside it. Slightly heavier versions of hydrogen and oxygen, called ...

From changing ocean currents to extreme weather, scientists are watching a combination of climate signals that could influence temperatures, rainfall and ecosystems in the months ahead.

Earth’s atmosphere recorded the highest amount of water vapor on record in August. Global warming and El Niño appear to be key factors behind this new record. Earth’s atmosphere has just reached a ...