Last year, 2024, was the warmest year on record for the planet, easily breaking the previous record set just a year earlier.

One was the reemergence of the El ... air. We never really got into a lot of cold weather, a lot of valley rain and mountain snow events," he said. Then, during the summer, high-pressure systems ...

A 10-15 mph breeze will put a bit of a bite in the damp air. By New Year's Day ... of stored oceanic warmth from a previous El Nino with anthropogenic (human-caused) warming, there is little ...

Natural factors, including a strong El Niño, contributed to the increased ... in 2024 was 5% higher than the average for recent years. Warmer air can hold more moisture and water is a potent ...

Explore how climate change threatens 50 UNESCO World Heritage sites around the globe, from melting glaciers and rising sea ...

Our continent spans the latitudes of the subtropical high pressure ... 1939. Map: A peak dry period (April 1937 to January 1939) showing below-average to record-low rainfall across much of eastern ...

Experts say it is only a matter of time until major Australian cities experience “house-to-house ignition” on a similar scale to Los Angeles.

Cold fronts and low pressure systems are the main weather ... Never fear, snowmaking is here El Niño, positive IOD and positive SAM periods all typically lead to less moisture in the air, which partly ...

The ongoing fire currently devastating the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles is now the most destructive in the ...

“Whether workers can unionize — I thought we settled that in 1934 — and make a living wage for their families; whether their children can breathe clean air and drink clean water.” Flanked ...

Three recent studies reveal how the interplay between El Niño and long-term global warming drove the record-breaking global ...