U.S. tropical cyclones, including hurricanes, indirectly cause thousands of deaths for nearly 15 years after a storm. 

Hurricane Helene’s winds surged in strength as the storm churned over unusually warm waters in the Gulf of Mexico and closed in on the Florida Panhandle and southern Georgia on September 26, 2024. 

Wheat is the world’s most important grain. But it has high environmental costs due to the need to fertilize with nitrogen. 

Hurricane Helene intensified as it approached Florida’s Big Bend in fall 2024, ultimately making landfall as a Category 4 storm at 11:10 p.m. Eastern Time on September 27. 

A recent study at McGill University provides new insights into how winter storms develop in the St. Lawrence River Valley, findings that could potentially improve the accuracy of winter weather forecasts in the region.

New research highlights inequities in heat adaptation calling for policy changes to address growing heat challenges.

A powerful atmospheric river swept through the Gulf of Alaska in September 2024, bringing abundant rain to coastal British Columbia, Canada, and southeastern Alaska.

A recent study challenges previous assumptions about the connection between CO₂ in the atmosphere and temperatures in the tropics.

Dartmouth study solves a marine mystery by tying ocean biomarker to pollution levels.

An “invisible forest” of phytoplankton is thriving in part of our warming ocean, new research shows.