Observation data analysis reveals a 90-fold increase in the frequency of monthly heat extremes, so-called 3-sigma-events that deviate strongly from what is normal in a given region, in the past ten ...

Hurricane Helene crossed the Gulf of Mexico at a time when sea surface temperatures were at record highs and then barreled into a region where heavy rains had left the ground saturated. The result was ...

Does weather seem more extreme these days? That’s because it is. Record-breaking rainfall floods communities, imperils farms and overwhelms pipes that carry water away. Or the rain comes less ...