WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of days when the weather gets hot, dry and windy — ideal to spark extreme wildfires — has nearly tripled in the past 45 years across the globe, with the trend increasing ...

Across the United States, winter's chill is getting shorter by more than a week, even if it might not feel like it for those in the Northeast still thawing out from back-to-back winter storms. A new ...

Colorado’s iconic alpine ski resorts are used to wild changes in weather — from massive blizzards to snow droughts. But how will they handle the long-term warming trends expected from ...

BRUSSELS, Feb 17 (Reuters) - The European Union is not prepared for worsening climate change and should urgently step up its ...

Human activities are causing world temperatures to rise, posing serious threats to people and nature. Things are likely to worsen in the coming decades, but scientists argue urgent action can still ...

The large-scale Pacific Ocean climate patterns that help steer weather patterns around the globe are shifting yet again.

A warming Arctic can stretch the polar vortex, a high-altitude air ribbon, one says. The “wobble” can disrupt the jet stream, ...

There's a confounding dilemma for many folks trying to make sense of winter weather in the context of climate change.

In January 2003, physicist Myles Allen watched as floodwaters from the Thames river threatened to seep into his home in Oxford, UK. He wanted to know why meteorologists at the time were refusing to ...