Climate scientists have long watched the jet stream with fascination and growing concern. These rivers of air racing across our planet at altitudes of roughly 5-9 miles dictate much of our day-to-day ...

The sky may seem like a huge open playground for airplanes to fly without speed limits in any direction they wish. In reality, planes adhere to certain rules and follow fixed flight paths, much like ...

Finally, the wavy jet stream became locked in place by persistent high-pressure systems, anchoring storm tracks over the same ...

The summer of 2025 brought unprecedented flash flooding across the U.S., with the central and eastern regions hit particularly hard. These storms claimed hundreds of lives across Texas, Kentucky and ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) At the same time, every hurricane that formed, including the three powerful Category 5 ...