Global warming is expected to increase the overall frequency and intensity of atmospheric rivers because a warmer atmosphere can hold more moisture. How that might change as the planet continues ...

Warming ocean temperatures and warmer air mean there’s more water vapor in the atmosphere to fuel extreme downpours like ...

Atmospheric rivers – those long, narrow bands of water vapor in the sky that bring heavy rain and storms to the U.S. West Coast and many other regions – are shifting toward higher latitudes ...

The folks at the National Weather Service in Alaska were nervous. They were kind of caught between a rock and a hard place. Their instruments, data and computer forecast showed that a heat advisory ...

Using a high-resolution climate model and future greenhouse gas emissions scenarios, the international research team analyzed how atmospheric rivers might change over Antarctica in the coming decades.

Pollution and climate change are fueling a megadrought in the Southwest U.S., threatening water supplies and reshaping the ...

Atmospheric river storms have wreaked havoc on the West Coast, and are getting bigger. These scientists chase them in the sky to predict where they will strike.

Why the sun is not solely responsible for the rapid global warming occurring right now The sun may influence Earth's climate, but it is not causing climate change.

A leading Colorado River researcher says current global warming forecasts paint a grim picture for Western water users, who could see supplies cut by one-third at century's end. The seven states ...

Global warming is expected to increase the overall frequency and intensity of atmospheric rivers because a warmer atmosphere can hold more moisture. How that might change as the planet continues ...