Something has shifted in the way climate scientists talk about their own work. The language has become noticeably more ...

Weather is never random. Every unusual storm, every record-breaking heat wave, every flood that seems to come out of nowhere is part of a much larger story our atmosphere is trying to tell. In recent ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scattered showers are expected Wednesday in Napa County, amid an unusual global weather pattern. (Brant Ward/The Chronicle) The ...

El Niño is the warm phase of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), a semi-regular recurring cycle that transfers vast ...

If you’ve ever heard a meteorologist mention the jet stream and thought, “Okay… but what does that actually mean?” You’re not alone. It’s one of the most important drivers of weather across the United ...