Atmospheric sciences

GOES-16 three hurricanes

Humanity has entered a global warming minefield, climate scientists say

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Record-breaking Atlantic hurricanes from Texas to Ireland and massive firestorms in California linked to record drought raise the question of whether the Earth has moved into a more dangerous phase of global warming.

Cost of Joplin, Missouri, tornado: $3 billion

Generation Hot: Impact of climate change on children

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Strange weather and climate change

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A sea surface temperature anomaly in the tropical Pacific Ocean during the peak of the 2009-10 El Niño.

El Niño is back, and global temperature records are in danger

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NASA's Airborne Snow Observatory flies above the Sierra Nevada mountain range in California.

How California is surviving its new water crisis

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With California entering its fourth year of drought, one of the state’s water managers has devised an innovative way to deal with what experts are calling the “new normal.”

El Niño Makes Atlantic hurricanes less likely.

Welcome to the ‘Double El Niño’ — and more extreme weather

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A second helping of El Niño could help usher in the next phase of global warming. When it comes, the consequences could be devastating.

dust blizzard perspective graphic

Floods, blizzards, droughts, and dust storms: The week in perspective

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This graphic doesn’t begin to encapsulate the tragic particularities of recent weather events and conflicts around the world, but it brings my commute to work — and hopefully yours — into a bit of perspective.

"Spring is coming" — A pedestrian walks past a pile of snow in Boston.

How is the world getting both a) warmer and b) snowier in some places? Here’s how.

Environment

Global temperatures are going up but that doesn’t necessarily mean less snow. Here’s a brief explainer of what seems like a contradiction.

Oliver's TRavels offering rain-free weddings

A British travel company offers a rain-free wedding day

Business

It’s a nice day for a dry wedding. A British travel company says it can guarantee a rain-free wedding — for a price.