Astronomers have broken new ground in the field of exoplanet research by creating the first-ever 3D map of an exoplanet’s ...

A new study led by researchers at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory offers the clearest evidence yet that a centuries-long ...

In recent years, as extreme weather events have occurred with increasing frequency, scientists have been searching within the ...

The La Niña climate pattern has taken hold of the U.S. ahead of the start of meteorological winter, which forecasters say ...

High above our heads and unseen to the naked eye, rivers of water vapor flow through the atmosphere. These "atmospheric rivers" are crucial to the global water cycle. Astonishingly, they have the ...

Hurricane Melissa followed what has unfortunately become a pattern for major storms: It formed late in the season, ...

During a La Niña, a counterpart to the El Niño weather pattern, drier than normal conditions are to be expected. But 2023, a La Niña year, turned out to be California’s 10th-wettest year on record.

Their contribution, however, varies greatly from year to year. For example, in Southern California, atmospheric rivers accounted for as low as 5% in 1977 and as high as 71% in 1956. “Atmospheric ...