Even in a warming climate, brutal cold snaps still hammer parts of the U.S., and a new study uncovers why. High above the ...

The cycle swings between warmer and cooler seawater in a region along the equator in the tropical Pacific. La Niña is marked by cooler-than-average ocean water in the region. It is one of ...

Kathryn Baecht’s bylines include The Boston Globe, The Los Angeles Times, and McSweeney’s. Erin McReynolds’s cartoons have ...

Severe weather events, such as heavy rainfall, are on the rise worldwide. Reliable assessments of these events can save lives ...

Researchers agree that climate change has made torrential downpours more frequent—but the science gets murky when examining ...

In late June, we hosted this year's second Ars Live event, a conversation with climate scientist Zeke Hausfather, who holds ...

Experts say climate change is making extreme weather events more frequent and severe, but that our attitudes and actions ...

Weather forecasting is not easy. The truth is that predicting future weather conditions over broad, or even narrow, swaths of ...

Torrential rainfall, damaging wind gusts, and severe thunderstorms were lashing the U.S. regions on Tuesday afternoon.

Tropical Storm Erick is expected to rapidly intensify before it arrives in Mexico later this week, with some meteorologists anticipating the storm to reach major hurricane strength before landfall.

In the face of steep funding cuts for climate and weather research and forecasting, scientists have found a new way of engaging the public.

French illustrator Ugo Bienvenu's 'Arco,' produced by Natalie Portman, tells a story about the fate of a world impacted by climate change.