The polar night jet, the high-altitude winter wind that circles the Arctic, acts like a flywheel for the cold season in the Northern Hemisphere. As climate change erodes the temperature contrast that ...

Fallen tree debris along a road left behind by Hurricane Melissa in Kingston, Jamaica, in October. A University of Dayton researcher argues the extreme weather of 2025, from flash floods to hurricanes ...

At the same time, every hurricane that formed, including the three powerful Category 5 storms, steered clear of the U.S. mainland. Both scenarios were unusual – and they were largely directed by the ...