April 2020: Earth’s 2nd Warmest April on Record
2020 is likely to be the warmest year on record
Stories by Jeff Masters
Jeff Masters worked as a hurricane scientist with the NOAA Hurricane Hunters from 1986-1990. After a near-fatal flight into category 5 Hurricane Hugo, he left the Hurricane Hunters to pursue a safer passion--a 1997 Ph.D. in air pollution meteorology from the University of Michigan. In 1995, he co-founded the Weather Underground, and served as its chief meteorologist until the company was sold to the Weather Company in 2012. Since 2005, his Wunderblog (now called Category 6) has been one of the Internet's most popular sources of extreme weather and climate change information, and he is one of the most widely quoted experts in the field. He can be reached at weatherman.masters@gmail.com.
March 2020: Earth’s Second Warmest March and Third Warmest Month on Record
This year is more than 70 percent likely to be the warmest on record
First Category 5 Tropical Cyclone of 2020, Harold, Pounds Vanuatu
Harold’s 165-mph winds make it the fourth strongest tropical cyclone on record in the Southeast Pacific
February 2020: Earth's 2nd Warmest February and 3rd Warmest Month on Record
Europe and Asia crush their all-time warmest winter records by a huge margin
January 2020: Earth’s Warmest January on Record
The month was our planet’s warmest ever recorded without an El Niño being present
New Book Food or War Outlines How to Avoid a Soylent Green Future
Julian Cribb’s sobering new book gives dire climate change warnings but also reasons for hope
Earth’s 40 Billion-Dollar Weather Disasters of 2019: 4th Most Billion-Dollar Events on Record
Seven nations or territories see their costliest weather disasters in history
Earth Had Its Second Warmest Year in Recorded History in 2019
The six warmest years in recorded history have been the past six: 2014–2019
A Rogues’ Gallery of the Five Category 5 Storms of 2019
The two Atlantic Category 5 hurricanes and three Northwest Pacific Category 5 super typhoons of 2019 set records
The Top 10 Weather and Climate Stories of 2019
Near-record Arctic melting, a bountiful but deadly monsoon and three highly destructive tropical cyclones highlight the earth’s second warmest year on record
Fifth Straight Year of Central American Drought Helping Drive Migration
Recent rains have helped, but long-term climate change is likely to significantly increase migration
November 2019: Earth’s Second Warmest November on Record
The year 2019 is very likely to be Earth’s second warmest on record, behind 2016
Newly Identified Jet-Stream Pattern Could Imperil Global Food Supplies
A new study finds a 20-fold increase in the risk of simultaneous heat waves in major crop-producing regions when the pattern is in place
Climate Science Legal Defense Fund Fights for Whistle-Blowing Climate Scientist
A sea-level rise expert was forced out after a dispute over alleged government censorship
A Review of the Atlantic Hurricane Season of 2019
An ultraintense hurricane—Dorian—and multiple destructive slow-moving storms: Are they harbingers of the future?
October 2019: Earth’s Second Warmest October on Record
The year 2019 is very likely to be Earth’s second warmest on record, behind 2016
Venice Has Its Worst Flood in 53 Years
Europe’s city most vulnerable sea level rise hopes to have a $6.3 billion defense coastal defense system operational by 2022
Earth May Have Just Seen Its 8th Strongest Tropical Cyclone on Record
An advanced satellite analysis found Supertyphoon Halong had 192-mph winds
Tropical Cyclone Kyarr (150-mph Winds): Arabian Sea’s 2nd Strongest Storm on Record
A recent increase in powerful late-season Arabian Sea tropical cyclones is linked to human-caused climate change
September 2019: Earth’s Warmest September on Record
This year is virtually certain to end up among the top five warmest in Earth’s history
Hurricane Dorian Was Worthy of a Category 6 Rating
The Category-1-to-5 Saffir-Simpson scale for rating hurricanes is inadequate
A Wacky Jet Stream Is Making Our Weather Severe
Extreme summers and winters of the past four years could become the norm
The Science of Monster Storms
Extreme weather events are nothing new, but they appear to be gaining strength. Scientists have risked life and limb to help us better understand—and better survive—these storms