Scientists Crush and Analyze Hailstones in First-of-its-Kind Study June 25, 2025 By Seth Borenstein, Brittany Peterson and Carolyn Kaster Dozens of researchers are chasing, driving and running into storms to collect fresh hail, getting their car bodies and their...
Planetary Waves Linked to Wild Summer Weather Have Tripled Since 1950: Study June 19, 2025 By Seth Borenstein Climate change has tripled the frequency of atmospheric wave events linked to extreme summer weather in the last 75 years...
Researchers Chase Hail Across Great Plains in Effort to Improve Forecasting June 13, 2025 By Seth Borenstein, Brittany Peterson and Carolyn Kaster Wind roared against the SUV’s windows as its tires sloshed through water dumped onto the road by the downpour. A...
Scientists Take on Severe Storms to Study Hail, Costliest Weather Danger June 6, 2025 By Seth Borenstein, Carolyn Kaster and Brittany Peterson As severe storms once again soak, twist and pelt the nation’s midsection, a team of dozens of scientists is driving...
More Tornadoes, Fewer Meteorologists Make for a Dangerous Mix May 27, 2025 By Seth Borenstein As nasty tornadoes popped up from Kansas to Kentucky, a depleted National Weather Service was in scramble mode. The agency’s...
Get Ready for Another Busy Atlantic Hurricane Season May 22, 2025 By Seth Borenstein With warmer than normal ocean waters, forecasters are expecting yet another unusually busy hurricane season for the Atlantic. But they...
World’s Biggest Companies Have Caused $28 Trillion in Climate Damage: Study April 25, 2025 By Seth Borenstein The world’s biggest corporations have caused $28 trillion in climate damage, a new study estimates as part of an effort...
Experts: Weather Forecasts Will Worsen as DOGE Cuts Mean Fewer Balloon Launches March 25, 2025 By Seth Borenstein With massive job cuts, the National Weather Service is eliminating or reducing vital weather balloon launches in eight northern locations,...
Firings at NOAA Risk Lives and Economy, Former Agency Heads Warn March 4, 2025 By Seth Borenstein The federal weather and oceans agency touches people’s daily lives in unnoticed ways, so massive firings there will likely cause...
Computer Simulations Suggest Atlantic Current Shutdown Less Likely This Century March 3, 2025 By Seth Borenstein The nightmare scenario of Atlantic Ocean currents collapsing, with weather running amok and putting Europe in a deep freeze, looks...