At the same time, every hurricane that formed, including the three powerful Category 5 storms, steered clear of the U.S. mainland. Both scenarios were unusual – and they were la ...

The summer of 2025 brought unprecedented flash flooding across the U.S., with the central and eastern regions hit particularly hard. These storms claimed hundreds of lives across Texas, Kentucky and ...

Another factor is the warm, southerly winds, propelling in warmer and more humid air from the Gulf. Some spots in our western ...

In recent years, the global climate has become increasingly extreme, with intensifying alternations of droughts and ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Shuang-Ye Wu, University of Dayton (THE CONVERSATION) The summer of 2025 brought ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) At the same time, every hurricane that formed, including the three powerful Category 5 ...

The jet stream also played a role in the 2025 hurricane season. Given its west-to-east wind direction, the southward dip of the jet stream—along with a weak high pressure system over the ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) At the same time, every hurricane that formed, including the three powerful Category 5 ...