Hurricanes are among the most powerful and destructive natural disasters on Earth. But how do hurricanes form, and which ...

Formation Requires Warm Ocean Water Hurricanes are born over the tropical oceans, where the water temperature is a balmy 26°C ...

A new study finds that the rate of ocean warming has more than quadrupled over the past 40 years — and pinpoints why.

NOAA's hurricane hunters took a trip ... to spend some time collecting data on winter storms over the Atlantic as part of a project called "Ocean Winds." They were there this week for Storm ...

Even though our ecosystems play a crucial role in global climate mitigation and adaptation, SIDS face negative feedback loops ...

Discover more about bomb cyclones – like the most recent Storm Éowyn – from their formation to where exactly they can strike ...

But right now, outside of hurricane season, Pawlenko is searching for something entirely different over the ocean — sea life. "I've seen all kinds of wonderful things: hundreds of whales ...

During El Nino, warmer Pacific water helps form thunderstorms over the ... of Atlantic hurricanes by reducing vertical wind shear across the Caribbean Sea and tropical Atlantic Ocean.

Warmer temperatures can also result in more rain and heavier precipitation events, like the atmospheric river storms that have slammed the Golden State over ... hurricanes churning in the Atlantic ...

Nature is capable of the most mysterious, surreal, stunning, and powerful things. The only thing we can do as humans is to ...

It can power hurricanes and downpours ... But while it’s clear that the ocean has been warming for quite some time, its temperatures over the past two years have been far above the previous ...