The year 2025 was the warmest on record for the heat content of the world’s oceans. Ocean heat content (OHC) increased by around 500 zettajoules – billion trillion joules – since the 1940s.

University of Minnesota researchers are looking at how warming temperatures may favor upper Midwest production but bring new ...

The El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), the planet's greatest driver of year-to-year climate swings, shapes temperature, ...

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Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium director Xuebin Zhang (left), post-doctoral fellow Tong Li and Francis Zwiers, scientist emeritus at PCIC Climatologists study historical climate change using ...

Climate change is unexpectedly causing north Pacific storms to shift toward the Arctic, throwing projections for future West ...

Together with colleagues and students at the University of Arizona's department of atmospheric sciences, we are improving projections of future climate for the Southwestern United States. Scientists ...

Irina Marinov, associate professor at the Department of Earth and Environmental Science, leads a research community focused on understanding global climate impacts, risks, and vulnerabilities to ...

Washington residents clearly are committed to reducing carbon emissions, building a green-energy economy and embracing their ...