Astronomers have made an extraordinary discovery—the largest and most distant water reservoir ever detected in the universe.

Astronomers have uncovered the largest and most distant water reservoir ever detected in the universe. This staggering ...

A round of expected layoffs in addition to last month's cuts at NOAA, the nation's weather, ocean, and fisheries agency, will ...

New Delhi's air pollution is more severe than previously estimated, with particles absorbing atmospheric water vapor, leading ...

A new study finds that atmospheric rivers — the heavy rain and wind events most known for dousing California and other parts of the West — have been getting bigger, wetter and more frequent in the ...

When the moisture-laden air moves over mountain ranges such as the Sierra Nevada along the California-Nevada line, the water vapor rises and cools, becoming heavy precipitation that falls as rain ...

When water falls from a cloud, it is precipitation. Liquid precipitation is rain or freezing rain. If the drops are smaller ...

Atmospheric rivers, a meteorological phenomenon responsible for heavy rain and wind events, have become more frequent and intense over the past 45 years due to global warming.

A new study reveals that the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) could reach unprecedented magnitudes by the end of the century, ...

It’s “Weather Wednesday” — a time where 17 News meteorologists talk about the weather together and help you understand a bit more about ...