The transition between El Niño and La Niña this summer is expected to bring with it a substantial amount of climatic chaos because of pre-existing conditions caused by climate change.
Researchers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA figure if they can just inject ice high up in the air, water vapour in the upper atmosphere would get a bit drier and that could counteract a small amount of the human-caused heating.
The storm that pummelled California this week was fuelled by an atmospheric river, a plume of moisture that extended across the Pacific to near Hawaii. Here's a look at the phenomenon.
Earth's average temperature set a new unofficial record high on Thursday, July 6, 2023, the third such milestone in a week that already rated as the hottest on record.
Earth’s average temperature remained at a record high on Wednesday, July 5, 2023, after two days in which the planet reached unofficial records. It’s the latest marker in a series of climate-change-driven extremes.
Whales seem to find food by sniffing for a chemical cue. Scientists are hoping to turn this into an early warning system to help save the imperilled species.