As global temperatures rise, scientists are uncovering more information about how the overheating of our planet is making extreme weather events worse — especially heavy rainfall. However, scientists ...

New research by NOAA and a visiting scientist from India shows that warming of the Indo-Pacific Ocean is altering rainfall patterns from the tropics to the United States, contributing to declines in ...

Nearly 2 billion people could face wild disruptions in water availability if the planet continues to warm — and the change could be irreversible, new research suggests. Earth's average surface ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Nature Geoscience study finds that in one of Earth’s hottest eras, rain often arrived in bursts, not steady seasons, drying many ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (Oct. 30, 2025) — A University at Albany researcher is teaming up with scientists from five institutions on a $1.2 million National Science Foundation project to better understand monsoon ...

The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science gave the bay a C grade this year. Prolonged summer drought and intense downpours resulted in runoffs of nutrients from fields, the report ...