Climate scientists are confronting a hard truth: some of the most widely used models are struggling to keep up with the pace ...

Something unexpected happened in the climate science community over the past two years. While global temperatures soared to ...

CO2 can stimulate plant growth, but only when enough nitrogen is available—and that key ingredient has been seriously ...

Satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows Hurricane Melissa churning northwest through the Caribbean Sea. The Category 5 hurricane is a recent example of ...

In South America, southern Africa, Australia and Oceania, summer weather is heavily influenced by the Southern Hemisphere’s Eddy-Driven Jet (EDJ), a wind belt that flows between 1.3–1.5 kilometres ...

As climate extremes intensify across Africa, the need for accurate and timely weather prediction has become increasingly ...

National precipitation forecasting has for decades been hamstrung by static and inadequate climate models, but new tools are ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

In order to understand currents, tides and other ocean dynamics, scientists need to accurately capture sea surface height, or ...