The Arctic is undergoing extreme melting as rising temperatures and climate patterns alter the natural cycles of its extreme ...

The West Coast drinks from the wind. When westerly gales carry humid air from the Pacific Ocean into the Sierra Nevada and the Cascade mountain ranges, the West turns green, orchards blossom, and ...

Investors and project developers are becoming concerned about wind and solar power as climate change fuels increasingly ...

The Chicago area has experienced record high temperatures, heavy winds, and most notably no measurable snow this month, and the question on everyone's mind is whether the unusual weather is here to ...

The polar vortex, a high-altitude ring of westerly winds that usually keeps Arctic air locked near the pole, is showing signs of unusual weakening. If that circulation falters or collapses, the result ...

Large-scale climate patterns that can impact weather across thousands of kilometers may have a hand in synchronizing multicontinental droughts and stoking wildfires around the world, two new studies ...

Climate change, extreme heat, and growing environmental instability are intensifying public health risks across diverse populations. In this context, ...

Climate Lab is a Seattle Times initiative that explores the effects of climate change in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. The project is funded in part by The Bullitt Foundation, CO2 Foundation, Jim ...

Overview: Climate technology now prioritizes reliability, cost control, and performance in real operating ...

Climate models are powerful tools that scientists use to study how the climate system works now and how it will change in the future under different scenarios of global warming. When models are ...

As Boston braced for a major winter storm, schools closed and plows readied to receive about a foot of snowfall. A student carries a Boston University-branded umbrella during a light snow on Tuesday.