About a year ago, researchers at the University of Michigan found that the extratropical cyclones that are the biggest ...

Why do some plants thrive in specific regions but not in others? A study led by researchers at the University of Göttingen explores the factors shaping plant distributions and how these patterns have ...

The trade winds are permanent east-to-west prevailing winds that flow in Earth's equatorial region, blowing mainly from the northeast in the Northern Hemisphere and from the southeast in the Southern ...

Scientists tracking Earth’s water from space discovered that El Niño and La Niña are synchronizing floods and droughts across continents. When these climate cycles intensify, far-apart regions can ...

Across Earth’s many landscapes and oceans, life has formed in patterns that might not be obvious at first. While it may seem like species are scattered randomly, a new global study suggests there’s an ...