2025’s extreme weather had the jet stream’s fingerprints all over it, from flash floods to hurricanes
As the climate warms, extreme weather driven by erratic jet stream behavior is expected to become more common.
Tag: Arctic
From record warming to rusting rivers, 2025 Arctic Report Card shows a region transforming faster than expected
The Arctic provides a vantage point for addressing the triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution.
The US military has cared about climate change since the dawn of the Cold War – for good reason
The military has come to see climate change as both a threat in itself and a threat multiplier for national ...
Climate change is fueling Trump’s desire to tap into Arctic resources
As global temperatures shatter new records and thresholds, an ice-free Arctic becomes a possibility.
The workhorse ship of ocean drilling may have made its last voyage
Here’s why scientists don’t want to see the JOIDES Resolution mothballed.
Demystifying the complex nature of Arctic clouds
University of Miami scientists are studying how clouds generated by marine cold-air outbreaks might contribute to extreme weather.
Arctic Report Card 2023: From wildfires to melting sea ice, the warmest summer on record had cascading impacts across the Arctic
It’s almost certain this was the Arctic’s hottest summer in centuries.
Florida State University Earth scientist reveals how the Arctic is changing
New research published in Nature Geoscience delves into how rivers in the Arctic are responding to the warming climate.
Canada’s extreme wildfire season offers a glimpse of new risks in a warmer, drier future
New research on the Arctic fire seasons of 2019 and 2020 points to a trend of underground fires known as ...
IPCC: Dangerous climate change is here
By John Morales (This column summarizing the IPCC 6th Assessment Working Group I report is adapted from Climate Central, an ...