El Niños arrive every few years, inflicting drought, flooding and other climate destruction across the globe. Climate ...

Scientists mapped how El Niño, drought, and rapid climate swings can increase armed conflict risk in vulnerable regions ...

A new Rice University study is shedding light on a long-debated question: Can climate variability influence the risk of armed ...

After months of hearing about the possibility of the world entering a La Niña climate pattern, NOAA's Climate Prediction Center (CPC) announced Thursday that water temperatures in critical parts of ...

Scientists have uncovered strong evidence that a major Atlantic Ocean current system tied to global climate is weakening. The ...

A large study shows that warming does not always increase pest insects. About half of insect populations grow while others ...

The trade winds are permanent east-to-west prevailing winds that flow in Earth's equatorial region, blowing mainly from the northeast in the Northern Hemisphere and from the southeast in the Southern ...

Weather is never random. Every unusual storm, every record-breaking heat wave, every flood that seems to come out of nowhere is part of a much larger story our atmosphere is trying to tell. In recent ...

As Valentine's Day approaches, the craving for chocolate intensifies. But chocolate continues to face a significant challenge: Climate change is threatening cacao production, particularly in West ...