Climate science sits at one of the most charged intersections of human knowledge and human politics. Almost everyone has an opinion about it, yet very few people have taken the time to carefully ...

Have you ever stopped to wonder how forecasters can predict the weather days in advance, or how scientists figure out how the ...

As Europe solidifies its climate policies, the Past to Future (P2F) project seeks to validate climate models against a ...

The cover photo, taken at the Strait of Malacca in Malaysia, captures the Tyndall effect as sunlight filters through the clouds over the tropical Pacific. The interplay of light and shadow ...

After a record fall, when nearly the entire United States experienced drought—unprecedented in US Drought Monitor history—water managers and planners nationwide are nervously hoping for a wet winter, ...

To achieve the 2 °C target, the total amount of carbon that can still be emitted by human activities is limited. This total allowable carbon emission—called the remaining carbon budget—is illustrated ...

Climate models have been the basis for concern about climate change for more than 35 years. The US government, the United Nations, and organizations across the world have used model projections to ...

Satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows Hurricane Melissa churning northwest through the Caribbean Sea. The Category 5 hurricane is a recent example of ...

The Heritage Foundation recently published a paper from the leading scientists at the Center for Environmental Research and Earth Sciences (CERES) that argues the debate over the causes and ...

Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Use of Climate and Hydrologic Models for Projecting Future Water Resources." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. Review of the New York ...