Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. First predicted to form last summer, climate troublemaker La Niña has developed at last, federal climate scientists announced ...

Scientists say Earth is shifting from a merely warm planet toward what some describe as a “Hothouse” state, driven not just by smokestacks and tailpipes but by quieter feedbacks and thresholds. I see ...

It's no secret that Phoenix is hot, but late summer and the start of fall were scorchers, even by Valley of the Sun standards. Between Sept. 23 and Oct. 14, Phoenix set daily record high temperatures ...

The trade winds are permanent east-to-west prevailing winds that flow in Earth's equatorial region, blowing mainly from the northeast in the Northern Hemisphere and from the southeast in the Southern ...

After months of hearing about the possibility of the world entering a La Niña climate pattern, NOAA's Climate Prediction Center (CPC) announced Thursday that water temperatures in critical parts of ...

Climate Lab is a Seattle Times initiative that explores the effects of climate change in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. The project is funded in part by The Bullitt Foundation, CO2 Foundation, Jim ...

ISLA VISTA, Calif. — The bluffs in Isla Vista are a prime example of how erosion is speeding up along California's coastline. There is a growing threat to coastal homes because of rising sea levels ...