Although 2025 did not set a new global temperature record, it still delivered clear signs of a warming planet.

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For decades, the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has offered a snapshot of the planet's ...

An atmospheric river is a weather feature that can be beneficial and crucial, but can also be a damaging event - particularly for those near the West Coast of the United States. The definition: An ...

A long stretch of humid heat followed by intense thunderstorms is a weather pattern historically seen mostly in and around ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Qian Cao, University of California, San Diego (THE CONVERSATION) Along the U.S. West ...

A sign for a Christmas tree farm is pictured as flood waters from the Snohomish River cover Marsh Road off State Route 9 in Snohomish, Washington, on December 11, 2025. Tens of thousands of people ...

It’s been relatively dry in Seattle and western Washington for the first half of this week, but dry periods are about to become few and far between, with several atmospheric rivers on their way to ...

An atmospheric river event is poised to bring significant rainfall to the Pacific Northwest, with meteorologists tracking a storm system extending from Hawaii to the Oregon coast. The weather system ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Flooding rains and lingering storm impacts come as the atmospheric river that hit the Pacific Northwest this week will make another visit to the region next week. Rainfall ...

SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — A strong winter storm is bringing heavy rain and strong winds at times to Southern California from Wednesday to Friday through an atmospheric river known as the 'Pineapple ...