In recent decades, global warming has accelerated the water cycle, especially the evapotranspiration phase (evaporation and plant transpiration), which can result in both more rainfall and more ...

Vincent Courtillot, of the University of Paris Diderot, is at the centre of a controversy over his paper, published in Earth ...

This contradicts what we would typically expect in a warming climate," said Dr. Ma ... revealed a puzzling slowdown in the ...

According to their findings, there is a small chance that we will experience a significant rise in global warming ... and an increase in atmospheric water vapour. Some studies have suggested ...

Across the globe, monsoon rainfall switches on in spring and off in autumn. Until now, this seasonal pattern was primarily understood as an immediate response to changes in solar radiation. A new ...

VIENNA—Scientists at the European Geosciences Union conference last week said there is growing scientific evidence that ...

These gases include water vapor, carbon dioxide ... and these temperature changes are often referred to as "global warming" or "global cooling." Greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere ...

As temperatures rise, clouds like stratus, cirrus and cumulonimbus are changing – becoming higher or less extensive. These ...

Lately it seems to be thickening slightly—because of global warming. The warmer atmosphere holds more water vapor, which falls as snow on East Antarctica. But even this behemoth is unlikely to ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. Hydrogen is an element; it exists naturally as a molecule. Each hydrogen molecule is made up of two hydrogen atoms.

Across the globe, monsoon rainfall switches on in spring and off in autumn. Until now, this seasonal pattern was primarily ...