How melting Arctic ice is driving harsh winters

by Nick Breeze The very least 'global warming' could do for us is to give us warmer winters, right? Wrong, writes Nick Breeze, who m...

More extreme weather can be expected

The heaviest rains and floods in 120 years have hit Serbia and Bosnia this week, Reuters and Deutsche Welle report. The animation below sh...

Extreme weather strikes around the globe - update

As the weather gets more extreme, disaster strikes around the globe. The Guardian reports three people killed as storms continue to batter s...

Extreme weather strikes around the globe

  Editorial note: this post has meanwhile been updated as Extreme weather strikes around the globe update . As the weather gets more extreme...

As continental U.S. freezes, Alaska gets record high temperatures

While much of the continental United States endured several cold snaps in January 2014, record-breaking warmth gripped Alaska. Spring-like c...

Forecast: America to be hit by temperatures as low as minus 40 degrees

The image on the right shows that large parts of North America, the Arctic Ocean and Siberia are experiencing low temperatures. What many pe...

Changes to Polar Vortex affect mile-deep ocean circulation patterns

Sept. 23, 2012 – A University of Utah study suggests something amazing: Periodic changes in winds 15 to 30 miles high in the stratosphere in...

Opening further Doorways to Doom

Until now, the Arctic has been protected from overheating in a number of ways.   Negative Arctic Oscillation conditions are associated with ...