Volcanoes are both captivating and disastrous. Most are likely familiar with the common short-term dangers associated with ...

Explosive tropical volcanic eruptions can set off a chain reaction in the atmosphere that weakens the Asian summer monsoon ...

Researchers, including those from the University of Tokyo, combine various past climate data to investigate the impacts of ...

The Hadley circulation is a key atmospheric circulation pattern in the tropics. It helps even out the temperature between the equator and the poles by moving energy and momentum toward higher ...

Ocean-atmosphere coupling, the exchange in energy between the ocean and atmosphere, influences teleconnection patterns, the climate effects across vast geographical areas. However, its impact outside ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Zhe Li, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (THE CONVERSATION) Atmospheric ...

Rainfall fluctuates more vigorously. Why? Scientists say it's because of us. Many people around the world have noticed that rainfall is becoming increasingly erratic. Intense downpours are occurring ...

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 ...

Atmospheric rivers are long, narrow corridors of concentrated water vapor in the atmosphere that transport vast amounts of moisture from the tropics toward mid-latitude and polar regions. These ...

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 ...