A NASA-funded study suggests winter carbon emissions in the Arctic may be adding more carbon into the atmosphere each year than is taken up by Arctic vegetation, marking a stark reversal for a region that has captured and stored carbon for tens of thousands of years.

Former Tropical Storm Nakri strengthened into a Typhoon in the South China Sea on Nov. 8. 

An unprecedented number of bushfires have erupted on the east coast of Australia due to hot, dry, windy weather. 

Matmo strengthened from a tropical storm to a storm with hurricane-force in the overnight hours of Nov. 7 into Nov. 8. 

Erosion of permafrost coasts in the Arctic could vent major amounts of CO2

Vertical air motions increase ice formation in mixed-phase clouds. 

In the autumn of 2017, hurricanes Irma and Maria destroyed Puerto Rico causing thousands of deaths, illnesses and suffering, which brought about a situation of serious economic, political and public health crisis, and widespread death and destruction.

A group of international conservationists is urging governments across the globe to adopt a new approach to address the impact of economic development on the natural world.

Scientists from Trinity College Dublin have taken a giant stride towards solving a riddle that would provide the world with entirely renewable, clean energy from which water would be the only waste product.

Researchers at EPFL have developed a novel way of predicting lightning strikes to the nearest 10 to 30 minutes and within a radius of 30 kilometers. The system uses a combination of standard data from weather stations and artificial intelligence.