Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have categorized a unique, previously unclassified type of heat wave in Japan, ...

Subtropical storms in the Atlantic Basin can occur one or more times each hurricane season, and are a mix of two different, familiar storm types. To explain subtropical storms, we need to start by ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – As Hurricane Erin continues to move along the East Coast, there are many differences when it comes to tropical storms. There are many different types of storms that can ...

Tropical cyclones are some of the most powerful storms on Earth capable of shredding apart buildings, flooding the coast with a tsunamilike storm surge and causing a significant risk to lives and ...

During the deep summer and early fall, all eyes are on the tropics in areas prone to hurricane activity. Most storms begin as “invests,” or areas of rain shower and thunderstorm activity that is ...

The ocean is an important carbon sink that absorbs 20–30% of the total anthropogenic CO2 emissions in the industrial era (1.0–3.0 Pg annually, 1 Pg = 1015 g). Tropical cyclones are among the most ...