In the 21st century, the Earth’s oceans are growing warmer and more acidic. This change is happening slowly over the long-term, but it can also cause short-term, local spikes. These events are like ...

Scientists have developed new guidance and tools that could significantly improve the prediction of life-threatening flash flooding. New research by an international team of climate experts shows ...

In the quest to simulate the natural world from subatomic particles to the vast cosmos and the engineered world from turbines to advanced fuels, can scientists and engineers benefit from extreme-scale ...

For more than a decade, marine experts have relied on an alert scale from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to signal how much stress ocean heat is putting on corals and what risk ...

Transient, narrow plumes of strong water vapor transport, referred to as atmospheric rivers (ARs), are responsible for much of the precipitation along the West Coast of the United States. The most ...

Torrential rainfall unleashed extreme flooding in multiple provinces of China over the past weekend. Videos showed boats plunging over a waterfall, people clinging to trees, and rescuing others.