Climate change is disturbing wind patterns across the globe in dramatic ways. And when combined with land-use change and desertification, these changes are spawning immense sand and dust storms that ...

Global wind currents have shaped the genetic diversity of our planet's forests and could either help or hinder tree populations in the race to adapt to a changing climate Berkeley -- Forests' ability ...

Titan’s rippled dunes are generally oriented east-west. Surprisingly, their orientation and characteristics indicate that near the surface, Titan’s winds blow toward the east instead of toward the ...

The region of Earth receiving the Sun's direct rays is the equator. Here the air is heated and then rises, leaving low pressure areas behind. Moving to about thirty degrees north and south of the ...

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A new study published in Science Advanceshas revealed an unprecedented global catalog of Martian dust devils, tiny whirlwind phenomena that sweep across the Red Planet’s surface. Using two decades of ...

The summer of 2021 has already unleashed a rash of extreme events that raised eyebrows of even the most seasoned meteorologists, and fingerprints of the human-caused climate crisis are all over them.

Recent observations have unveiled the intricate dance of a thousand Martian dust devils, offering a unique window into the ...

Forests' ability to adapt to the disruptions wrought by climate change may depend, in part, on the eddies and swirls of global wind currents, suggests a new study. The study compared global wind ...