Climate

Climate

Hurricane Michael slams into Florida, then speeds north

The 2018 hurricane season just brought Michael, another rapidly strengthening hurricane, to the U.S. coast. This one hit land with surprising power.

Climate

Wilder wildfires? Computing helps predict their path and fury

Math probes how wildfires feed on the air around them to erupt into devastating conflagrations.

Climate

Is Hurricane Florence one sign of new climate trend?

Despite making landfall as a mere Category 1 tempest, Hurricane Florence proved a beast. And there were warnings it would be as it rapidly strengthened at sea.

Climate

Climate change sets people on the move

As their homelands experience uncomfortable changes to weather, many people have begun migrating to places with a better climate.

Chemistry

Scientists find an easier way to trap carbon dioxide in rock

Scientists have found a much faster and easier way to trap CO2 in minerals. If they can scale it up, it might one day help to slow climate change.

Climate

Explainer: Where fossil fuels come from

Despite one oil company famously using an Apatosaurus as its logo, oil, gas and coal don’t come from dinosaurs. They do, however, come from a long time ago.

Earth

Explainer: CO₂ and other greenhouse gases

Carbon dioxide is just one of several chemicals that contribute to the greenhouse effect. Nitrous oxide, methane and CFCs are other big contributors.

Climate

Analyze This: How hot will it get?

Temperatures are rising because of human-caused climate change. But some places will get hot faster than others.

Climate

Climate change intensified Hurricane Florence, study finds

A new study finds that a warmer climate fattened up Florence. The result: Once it made landfall it would now drop lots more rain and over a broader region.

Climate

Hawaii’s record 2018 rains may foretell wetter times ahead

Another rainfall record was set in Hawaii. But how does this stack up to other rain records across the United States?

Climate

Scientists Say: Climate

Climate is the atmospheric conditions that are typical to a general area over a long period of time.

Climate

When the moon throws shade, the weather can change

Scientists have been puzzled about how a solar eclipse can impact weather. Here’s some of what they learned during the August 2017 event.