Landslides, heavy snowfall, flooding and wildfires aren’t uncommon in Alaska. But as the oceans and atmosphere grow warmer, such extreme events and disasters are becoming more frequent across ...

December 2017 featured two extraordinary snow events, one in Alaska and one in Pennsylvania. What do the challenges of snowfall measurement tell us about such extreme events?

As skiers, we’re all fascinated by the places that get truly monster snowfalls. From legendary single-day blizzards burying whole towns to mountain peaks that accumulate dozens of feet of snow in one ...

Extreme weather has hit across the United States this week, from heat waves to snowstorms to flash floods. While the Midwest ...

A warming world is transforming some major snowfalls into extreme rain over mountains instead, somehow worsening both dangerous flooding like the type that devastated Pakistan last year as well as ...

As rising temps change daily life, they’re fueling greater concern about climate change — more than wildfires or hurricanes, ...

The Sahara and Atacama, renowned for extreme aridity and heat, occasionally experience snowfall due to unique meteorological ...

From legendary single-day blizzards burying whole towns to mountain peaks that accumulate dozens of feet of snow in one winter, the records set by these extreme snowfall events are nothing short ...