Weather

When the butterfly effect took flight

Study sees changing intensity of storms from warmingHemispheres will respond to climate change differently, with weaker summer storms in the North, study suggests.

More hurricanes in greener seas?Research suggests ocean color is linked to formation, movement of tropical cyclones

The aerosols conundrumResearch shows that aerosols not only cool, but also heat the planet — a finding that may cloud the validity of climate-change models.

3 Questions: John Marshall on the Gulf of Mexico oil spillAn MIT oceanographer discusses why ‘we have never had a spill like this’ — and what that means for cleanup efforts.

Weather in a TankA curriculum built around a rotating-tank experiment could improve weather and climate education