Scientists have predicted for decades that the burning of fossil fuels would push average temperatures ever higher and conjure dangerous extremes. A branch of science that’s emerged in the past 20 ...

The El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a cycle which causes periodic variations in the winds and sea surface temperatures over the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean. Through both its warm El Niño ...

Nor'easters. Blizzards. Arctic outbreaks. The dreaded polar vortex. Winter's arsenal of misery is on its way, ready or not. And against this backdrop of winter's imminent arrival comes a new study ...

Global warming is making European summers less windy, according to new research. The phenomenon, known as ‘stilling’, is ...

Climate change could push humanity into a dystopian nightmare of fires, biblical–scale floods and food shortages. But those lucky enough to survive the chaos could end up living amid a global economic ...