Rising ocean temperatures in the Pacific are at the core of the West Coast's precipitation patterns, driving winter storms, and could wind up causing the climate of the Pacific Northwest and Southwest ...

About 20,000 years ago, large ice sheets loomed over North America, and researchers thought the ice, itself, pushed storms south, drenching the Southwest and leaving the Pacific Northwest dry. Now, a ...

Melting ice sheets are slowing the world’s strongest ocean current, researchers said Monday. An influx of fresh water from ...

Meltwater runs across the Greenland ice sheet in rivers. The ice sheet is already losing mass and could soon reach a tipping point. Maria-José Viñas/NASA As the planet warms, it risks crossing ...

The world’s strongest ocean current could slow as melting Antarctic ice sheets flood it with fresh water, according to research published yesterday that warned of “severe” climate consequences.

Human-induced climate change is causing shifts in the world's largest ocean current and westerly wind systems also seen during periods of ice age and warmer intervals in Earth's history, researchers ...