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North Pacific winter storm paths are moving toward the North Pole faster than scientists expected. In Alaska, glaciers are ...

After a record fall, when nearly the entire United States experienced drought—unprecedented in US Drought Monitor history—water managers and planners nationwide are nervously hoping for a wet winter, ...

In a time of increasing climate variability, researchers Pengfei Xue and Miraj B. Kayastha have developed regional Earth system models to better understand and predict extreme weather and ...

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A viral TikTok is drawing attention to a messy but important reality of climate science: Sometimes the tools used to estimate emissions need to be corrected. What's happening? In ...

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Variations in solar output on timescales from days to centuries exert a measurable influence on Earth’s climate system through changes in radiative forcing, atmospheric chemistry and circulation. The ...