Climate scientists have long watched the jet stream with fascination and growing concern. These rivers of air racing across our planet at altitudes of roughly 5-9 miles dictate much of our day-to-day ...

Temperature is the ultimate driver of global weather patterns, with tropical heating causing air to rise until capped by the warm, ozone-rich stratosphere, forcing horizontal spreading. Global ...

Weather is never random. Every unusual storm, every record-breaking heat wave, every flood that seems to come out of nowhere is part of a much larger story our atmosphere is trying to tell. In recent ...