Atmospheric dust plays a dual role in Earth's climate: it reflects some sunlight back into space while also absorbing and retaining the planet's heat like an insulating blanket. But while dust likely ...

Researchers have devised a new machine learning method to improve large-scale climate model projections and demonstrated that the new tool makes the models more accurate at both the global and ...

Similarly, climate models have undercounted the heat-trapping effect of coarse dust particles, which may alter atmospheric ...

The Adriatic Sea and its coastal regions are increasingly exposed to climate variability and extreme events, posing significant challenges to communities, ...

Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Use of Climate and Hydrologic Models for Projecting Future Water Resources." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. Review of the New York ...

Global warming does not affect our planet evenly. Some areas such as the Arctic region or high mountain peaks warm faster than the global average, whereas others, including large parts of the tropical ...

Is your city prepared for flooding caused by extreme rainfall under climate change? In many regions, the uncertainty surrounding this threat is a major cause for concern and an obstacle to adaptation.

Over the past 60 years, scientists have largely succeeded in building a computer model of Earth to see what the future holds. One of the most ambitious projects humankind has ever undertaken has now ...

I recently submitted comments to the National Academies of Sciences in response to their proposal to issue a rapid report on climate change. My thoughts are below. Anyone should welcome the National ...

Water from the Patuxent River overflows onto a road in Laurel, Maryland. Heavy rains have swollen the Patuxent river, forcing the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC) to release water from ...