A new study led by the University of Oxford and ETH Zurich reveals that a key part of the climate system—the large-scale wind patterns that determine where rain falls—can be underestimated by current ...

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. The new study, published May 14 ...

El Niño is a climate phenomenon caused by warming of Pacific Ocean waters that impacts global weather, rainfall patterns, and temperatures worldwidenow ...

Led by Rice statistics doctoral student Tyler Bagwell, with climate scientist Sylvia Dee and statistician Frederi Viens, the study uses high-resolution data and empirical modeling to examine how large ...