Scientists are trained to be professional skeptics: to always judge the validity of a claim or finding on the basis of objective, empirical evidence. They are not cynics; they just ask themselves and ...

Have you ever stopped to wonder how forecasters can predict the weather days in advance, or how scientists figure out how the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Climate-induced weather disasters include record wildfires in the West, record-setting heat waves and droughts, and aggressive ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Winter weather often ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- In central North Carolina, we experience four types of winter precipitation: rain, snow, sleet, and freezing rain. How do these forms of precipitation occur? All precipitation ...

Rapid changes in climate in the polar regions are causing observable ecological impacts of various types and degrees of severity at all ecosystem levels. Even larger changes and more significant ...

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – Some areas received freezing rain and sleet Saturday evening in western Massachusetts, while others saw plain rain. It’s important to note that all precipitation starts high ...

Abrupt Impacts of Climate Change is an updated look at the issue of abrupt climate change and its potential impacts. This study differs from previous treatments of abrupt changes by focusing on abrupt ...

The McCloud River runs through the ancestral lands of the Winnemen Wintu Tribe. About 4,800 acres of "Indian allotments" were taken without compensation after construction of Shasta Dam. (Black ...

Morocco marked World Meteorological Day on March 23 alongside other countries, highlighting the growing importance of weather and climate monitoring systems in anticipating risks and protecting lives ...