Mesoscale eddies are ocean vortices less than 100 kilometers in diameter that are responsible for the localized "weather" of the oceans. Because of the large amount of mass and energy movement ...

When a devastating heat wave, hurricane, flood or wildfire strikes, people often want to know: How much did human-caused ...

As back-to-back heat waves batter the U.S. and Europe, scientific models linking climate change to extreme weather are increasingly important for policymakers and commercial enterprises like insurers.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Wishart-Smith is a board director covering leadership and innovation. Artificial intelligence is transforming climate change ...

THE DIPLOMATIC ructions at COP29, the United Nations climate conference currently under way in the Azerbaijani capital of Baku, are based largely on computer models. Some model what climate change ...

Climate scientists are confronting a hard truth: some of the most widely used models are struggling to keep up with the pace and texture of real‑world warming. The physics at their core remains sound, ...

Models, by definition, are approximations: useful, informative, and inevitably incomplete, because they are the only way to simplify a world too complex to grasp all at once. A new study on nitrous ...

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, ...

A new wave of climate research is sounding a stark warning: Human activity may be driving drought more intensely – and more directly – than previously understood. This drought has been linked to the ...

Thousands of metres below the ocean’s surface, there are tiny waves moving through the water. Much like breaking waves at the beach, these small waves within the ocean must eventually break. When they ...