Scientists reveal that Antarctica’s ocean current formed slowly and needed winds, ice, and shifting continents to shape Earth’s climate.

Early forecasts suggest this year may see the strongest El Niño in a decade—bringing with it more extreme weather.

A recent study reveals that the Poás volcano has changed its eruption pattern, redefining the global ash-related risk map.

Jon McCormack's new book celebrates the whorls, hexagons, and half-moons that appear in the world all around us.

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 ...

A team of researchers at the Alfred Wegener Institute has overturned a decades-old explanation for how the Antarctic ...

Seemingly unrelated weather systems illustrate how connected we are by larger patterns that move around in our atmosphere.

New simulations suggest the Antarctic Circumpolar Current did not emerge as soon as ocean gateways opened around Antarctica.

There are increasing indications that an El Niño is not only imminent — setting in by late summer or early fall — but that it ...

From deep growls rolling over savannas to haunting whale songs drifting through the ocean, many species rely on sound to stay ...

Enjoy the riverside adventures of a nervous little otter, laugh and cry with a ‘tween’ girl facing the challenges of growing ...