Follow a Hurricane Expert into the Heart Of the Beast
Along with an expert, we take you into some of nature's most monstrous storms.
Andrea Thompson, an associate editor at Scientific American, covers sustainability. Follow Andrea Thompson on Twitter @AndreaTWeather Credit: Nick Higgins
Along with an expert, we take you into some of nature's most monstrous storms.
Hurricane Hilary is set to cause torrential rains and flooding in the desert Southwest. It could even potentially bring California its first direct hit from a tropical storm since 1939
Dry conditions and strong winds set the stage for the disastrous wildfires that tore through the historic town of Lahaina and other areas of Hawaii
From Phoenix, Ariz., to China to Spain, heat records are being set all over the world
Preliminary analyses show that this July is virtually certain to be the hottest month on record for the planet by a wide margin, largely because of global warming
Climate change made heat waves in the U.S. Southwest, Europe and China hotter and more likely
It’s not just the soaring temperatures of day that make heat waves dangerous. High nighttime temperatures add to the stress on human bodies
The temperature in Death Valley could rise above 130 degrees Fahrenheit this weekend. If it does, it would set a record for the hottest temperature ever reliably measured on Earth
Yet another heat dome will send temperatures skyrocketing across the U.S. Southwest just after the planet saw its hottest week on record
The famous climate pattern El Niño could usher in a new hottest year on record and will have domino effects on the world’s weather.
A “heat dome” is parked over Texas and Mexico and is sending temperatures soaring to record—and potentially deadly—levels
El Niño has arrived, bringing potentially major effects on weather around the world, such as drought and flooding, and possibly setting a new record for the hottest year
Where is it coming from? How long will it last? What's in the smoke? Whose health is at risk? How do you clean your own air?
Smoke from record-setting wildfires in Canada has blanketed parts of the eastern U.S., but shifting summer weather patterns should bring relief
From North America to South Asia, summer heat waves are becoming longer, stronger and more frequent with climate change.
A potentially record-setting heat wave is headed for the Pacific Northwest and western Canada, a sign of the shift to hotter—and earlier—summers
A severe drought that has led to near-famine conditions in the Horn of Africa would not have happened without the influence of climate change, a new analysis finds
Renewable energy has seen considerable growth in recent years, but there is a long way to go to achieve a clean energy future that averts the worst effects of the climate crisis
To get people to shift to more climate-friendly behavior, what works best? Education? Payments? Peer pressure?
Some countries have used up far more of the world’s carbon budget—the amount we can emit and still avoid more extreme climate disruption—than others
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