How do hurricanes get named? Hurricanes, aka tropical cyclones, are powerful storms that form over warm ocean waters and can cause serious damage. When you hear about the name of a new hurricane on ...

Overall, the IPCC concludes that there is "high confidence" that humans have contributed to increases in precipitation ...

Wind shear is defined as the change in wind speed, wind direction, or both, over some distance. You may have heard airplane pilots talk about turbulence and warn passengers that they’re in for a bumpy ...

Category 5 Hurricane Melissa was an eye-popping storm, smashing historical records - and the western end of Jamaica - last week. A rapid fire series of new scientific studies also suggest that climate ...

With maximum sustained winds of 185 miles per hour as it batters the Caribbean island of Jamaica on Tuesday, Hurricane Melissa is a beast of a storm. Satellite and other images starkly illustrate ...

With hurricane season approaching and concerns about intensifying weather patterns, including the influence of El Niño, FIU experts are available to discuss hurricane preparedness, resilience and ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Hurricane Melissa has often been described as a “monster hurricane.” In terms of intensity, that characterization is certainly accurate. However, when discussing a storm’s magnitude, ...

The Environmental Protection Agency has identified several lines of evidence that have shown there are more frequent and ...

Three studies found that Melissa would have probably been a weaker, drier storm if it weren’t for decades of human-caused warming of the atmosphere. This satellite image was provided by the National ...