El Niño is expected to develop soon and could be the strongest on record, bringing with it more extreme weather. While the models indicate that this may be a strong event, the WMO cautioned that the models also have a harder time making accurate forecasts in the spring.

A recent Minnesota Pollution Control Agency report found that climate change could cost Minnesotans more than $20 billion a year by 2040. This is just the local cost of a global problem. Ecosystem stability is essential to agriculture,

Something unexpected happened in the climate science community over the past two years. While global temperatures soared to unprecedented levels in 2023 and 2024, researchers found themselves unable to fully explain why. At the world's largest climate ...

Weather forecasting models powered by artificial intelligence can make predictions faster and with higher-resolutions than traditional physics-based methods, which can help Europe better cope with its increasingly volatile climate.

Artificial intelligence is beginning to transform climate science, not just by improving forecasts, but by helping researchers understand the physical forces shaping the planet's future.

Research demonstrated how animal-borne sensors can work in tandem with traditional tools to improve ocean predictions.

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The Climate Prediction Center is predicting an El Niño year with some scientists suggesting there is even a potential for a so-called "super" El Niño. The El Niño climate pattern has historically brought heavy rain and flooding to the region. Longtime ...

The worst-case scenarios that guide the work of climate scientists and feed into the major reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change have been dramatically, quietly and officially revised down.