A recent study published in Advances in Atmospheric Sciences has uncovered a detailed mechanism through which intense storms ...

Scientists have discovered that the weakening of a major Atlantic current could lead to extreme rainfall and severe storms in ...

Atmospheric rivers—those long, narrow bands of water vapor in the sky that bring heavy rain and storms to the U.S. West Coast and many other regions—are shifting toward higher latitudes, and that's ...

The Earth’s atmospheric circulation comprises large‐scale wind patterns that redistribute heat, moisture and momentum around the globe. Central to this circulation are the tropical Hadley cells, ...

(a) Northwest type, (b) Southeast type, and (c) Southern Himalayas type. “C”: cyclonic circulation anomaly. “A”: anticyclonic circulation anomaly. The green arrow indicates moisture transport and its ...

It makes sense that atmospheric rivers would flood West Coast headlines as well as its coastlines. Eighty percent of all West Coast flood damage is attributable to these immense highways of water ...

Jupiter does not sit still. Its atmosphere races around the planet in more than 20 east-west jet streams, with winds reaching ...