Tropical Storm Erin has been slow at intensifying due to some Saharan dust. Erin is currently forecasted by the National Hurricane Center to be in Major Hurricane status as a Category 3 north of the ...

Volcanoes are both captivating and disastrous. Most are likely familiar with the common short-term dangers associated with them: explosive forces, lava, and even atmospheric particles disrupting air ...

A study shows that rainfall controls tropical bird breeding by triggering the growth of plants and insect populations.

A massive study of rainforest species across three regions of the world finds striking similarities in how animals spend their days. How do animals in the wild use their time? A researcher at Rice ...

The tropical Pacific Ocean and the frozen expanse of Antarctica sit more than 10,000 kilometers apart. Yet new research shows ...

Asst Prof Gianmarco Mengaldo and a team of researchers use advanced reanalysis datasets to analyse the tropical Indo-Pacific region’s evolving weather systems. A recent study published in Nature ...

Beneath the world's tropical wetlands lies a carbon archive built over thousands of years — peat deposits so vast they store ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An unusual pattern has emerged ahead of Atlantic hurricane season: No tropical cyclones have formed anywhere in the Northern ...

After centuries of decline, tropical peatland fires have exploded in the past 100 years—driven largely by human activity and ...