In this short video interview, scientists Brad Lyon and Paul Block from the International Research Institute (IRI) for Climate and Society explain the potential impacts of La Niña in different parts o ...

Light colors indicate where temperatures were near the long-term average. As temperatures rose in Bosnia, asphalt roads became soft and urban dwellers sought relief in rivers. According to the Belfast ...

melt in some regions. Adapted from the 2016 Arctic Report Card, this graph shows monthly changes in Greenland's total ice mass between April 2002 and April 2016. The ice mass amounts measured (vertica ...

air with reduced rainfall across the eastern half of the equatorial Pacific. In the upper atmosphere, these conditions produce an amplified "trough" of low pressure over the subtropical eastern Pacifi ...

fossil fuels releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, and about a third of it winds up being absorbed by the ocean. This uptake slows the impact of carbon dioxide on Earth's temperature, but it co ...

sea ice gets caught up in the giant loop current called the Beaufort Gyre. The ice could remain in the gyre for years, circling around and around the central Arctic through the Beaufort and Chuchki Se ...

report summarizes the current state of knowledge on potential abrupt changes to the ocean, atmosphere, ecosystems, and high-latitude areas, and identifies key research and monitoring needs. The report ...

to grow. Under current conditions, even without climate change, large year-to-year fluctuations in reservoir storage are possible. Recent warming in the Southwest has been among the most rapid in the ...

Jumaux is a meteorologist with Météo France's Indian Ocean climatology division, stationed in Réunion, an island and French overseas region in the western Indian Ocean. He is involved in climatologica ...

time to time to avoid being buried in the snow. At night, residents retreat to tent city to sleep in yellow tents they call 'Arctic Ovens,' so named for their ability to keep occupants warm in subzero ...