A warm start to winter helped lift 2025 toward the top of the list of the warmest years on record for the contiguous United States. Last year also made its mark with numerous billion-dollar weather and climate disasters.
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NOAA’s Arctic Report Card shows a rapidly warming region in trouble. The 20th annual report highlights threats like Atlantification and rusting rivers, underscoring how Arctic warming is outpacing the rest of the world and taking a growing toll.
The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season is officially over. It lived up to most forecasters’ expectations. It was an active season with a near-normal number of named storms and major hurricanes, but an above-average number of Category 5 monsters.
Global heat records are being beaten at an alarming pace. Nearly 78% of Earth’s land has hit new monthly highs since 2000, with over a third in just the past five years—proof our planet’s land is heating dangerously fast.
Earthquakes and heat waves and tornadoes, oh my! Americans were asked recently which type of natural disaster they considered the scariest. The winner was one type of disaster that nearly half of those surveyed feared the most.
The largest field study on hailstorms that was launched during the middle of May is almost finished. Northern Illinois University’s “ICECHIP” study comprises approximately 100 researchers seeking enhanced methods to forecast, warn of, detect, and monitor dangerous hail.
A couple in New Mexico has a wedding photo that captured nature’s chaos swirling behind them on their special day. Their remarkable picture is now going viral on social media.
Santa’s sleigh won’t be the only thing zipping through the skies on Christmas Eve. A 120-foot asteroid will hurtle past Earth on Tuesday, traveling around 15,000 miles per hour.
The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season saw an unprecedented surge in activity after a lull during peak season. According to a new analysis, our warming world made every storm this year worse.
Sky gazers will have plenty to look at this month. Two meteor showers, capable of producing brilliant fireballs, and a supermoon will adorn the night skies. Grab a good seat for the celestial shows.
World Weather Attribution (WWA) works with scientists worldwide to help quantify how climate change influences the intensity and Likelihood of extreme weather events. Their recent study found that human-caused climate change intensified the ten deadliest weather events since 2003.
It’s the second dire global climate report to be released this month. The United Nations 2024 edition of UNEP’s Emissions Gap Report says our world has a “gargantuan task” ahead of it to avoid “unthinkable” consequences.
A recently released report on the state of our planet’s climate issues a dire warning about what it calls a “global emergency.” Researchers found that 25 of Earth’s 35 vital signs they analyzed are at record levels.
Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS has arrived. There are still several opportunities to see its once-in-a-lifetime spectacular sky show, which will be visible with the naked eye through this weekend. Here is your guide.
Hurricane Helene killed at least 227 people. Some of the early estimates of damages are now beyond $100 million. A key storage center for climate data in Asheville was impacted by the storm.
The streak of consecutive warmest months on record for Earth grew to 14, with July being over two degrees warmer than the 20th-century average. There is now a very good chance that 2024 will be the warmest year on record.
Hurricane Beryl first gained notoriety for rapidly intensifying and becoming so strong so early in the Atlantic hurricane season. This week it went on to set records for the number of tornado warnings issued along its path.
The second-named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, hurricane Beryl, brought heavy rain, damaging winds, and a significant storm surge as it came ashore along the southeast Texas coast. It will now sweep heavy rain northward.
The scorching early summer heat wave engulfing millions from the Midwest through the Northeast has catapulted temperatures to record-breaking heights. The combination of extreme heat and humidity presents a significant health hazard, with a number of heat-related illnesses that demand our attention.
Earth’s fever hasn’t let up as it continues to set records. May was the 12th consecutive warmest month on record. It is an ominous streak. This year is virtually guaranteed to be among the top five warmest years on record.