Changes in rainfall within global monsoon regions affect the livelihoods of billions. For years, climate models have ...

Have you ever stopped to wonder how forecasters can predict the weather days in advance, or how scientists figure out how the climate might evolve under different policies? The Earth system is a vast ...

Current global climate models (GCMs) support with high confidence the view that rising greenhouse gases and other anthropogenic forcings account for nearly all observed global surface warming—slightly ...

The History of Failed Apocalyptic Forecasts Let's be real, we've heard it all before. Such doomsday predictions have been commonplace for more than 50 years now, but here's the thing: Ever since they ...

The cover photo, taken at the Strait of Malacca in Malaysia, captures the Tyndall effect as sunlight filters through the clouds over the tropical Pacific. The interplay of light and shadow ...

After a record fall, when nearly the entire United States experienced drought—unprecedented in US Drought Monitor history—water managers and planners nationwide are nervously hoping for a wet winter, ...

Climate change is unexpectedly causing north Pacific storms to shift toward the Arctic, throwing projections for future West Coast weather into question. Reading time 2 minutes In November 2024, a ...

Climate models have been the basis for concern about climate change for more than 35 years. The US government, the United Nations, and organizations across the world have used model projections to ...

To achieve the 2 °C target, the total amount of carbon that can still be emitted by human activities is limited. This total allowable carbon emission—called the remaining carbon budget—is illustrated ...

The Heritage Foundation recently published a paper from the leading scientists at the Center for Environmental Research and Earth Sciences (CERES) that argues the debate over the causes and ...