Most people hear the word "flood" and picture a flood. They hear "heatwave" and picture a heatwave. Simple enough, right? The problem is that the real world doesn't follow those clean, single-story ...

How extreme will weather events become in the second half of the 21st century? This is what a recent study published in Earth’s Future hopes to address as an international team of researchers ...

A newly published review in Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters reveals that climate extremes are increasingly striking in combination—and their compounding impact is posing a growing threat to ...

Don’t Miss a Moment. Join 30,000 locals who stay current on San Antonio news, culture, and events. Get our free newsletters in your inbox three times a week. Sandra Edwards, who lives in Houston’s ...

In the top-left panel, the spatial distribution of compound LSLW extremes is shown, with frequency indicated by color and intensity by shading for the historical period (1961-1990). The top-right ...

The wildfires raging across Georgia show what scientists say is the danger of compound climate events — a complex disaster ...

New research projects that by 2085, over a third of current land animal habitats could face multiple climate extremes such as heatwaves, wildfires, droughts, and floods, with tropical regions like the ...

Extreme events could impact 36% of land animal habitats by 2085, says new study. What are extreme weather events? How does ...