Climate change makes storms like Dorian more dangerous
Hurricanes are the most violent storms on the planet, and strong storms are getting stronger thanks to warmer oceans.
Author: BRANDON MILLER, CNN METEOROLOGIST
Greenland loses 2 billion tons of ice in one day
Over 40% of Greenland experienced melting Thursday, with total ice loss estimated to be more than 2 gigatons (equal to 2 billion tons) on just that day alone.
Another tropical cyclone taking aim at storm-wrecked Mozambique
Another tropical storm is heading toward Mozambique, the southern African nation still reeling from the historic death and devastation wrought by Cyclone Idai.
2018 was hottest year ever recorded for planet's oceans
Last year was the hottest for the planet's oceans since global records began in 1958, according to an international team of scientists who track the data. Their findings were published Wednesday in the scientific journal Advances in Atmospheric Sciences.
Antarctica ice melt has accelerated by 280% in 4 decades
A pair of new studies released on Monday share a same ominous message -- that our planet's ice is melting at an alarming rate, which is bad news for global sea levels.
Unparalleled warmth affecting Arctic, weather in US, Europe
The Arctic is experiencing a multi-year stretch of unparalleled warmth "that is unlike any period on record," according to the 2018 Arctic Report Card, a peer-reviewed report released Tuesday morning from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, an agency within the United States Department of Commerce.
Your Florence questions answered
Understandably, you have a lot of questions about Florence. So, we turned to CNN meteorologist Brandon Miller for some answers. (if you have more questions, tweet @brandoncnn and he'll try to get to them.)
Water -- not wind -- is the deadliest storm hazard
Wind often gets the headlines, but water is most responsible for deaths in a hurricane.
Hurricane Florence could pose a threat to East Coast
Hurricane Florence is still way out in the Atlantic, but the Category 3 storm could threaten the US East Coast by late next week.
Hurricane Lane, a dangerous Category 4 storm, headed toward Hawaii
Another big storm is threatening to hit Hawaii this week, as Category 4 Hurricane Lane approaches the Central Pacific island chain just two weeks after Hurricane Hector passed the islands.
Why there will never be another Harvey, Irma, Maria or Nate
Harvey, Irma, Maria and Nate: These four names will never be forgotten in the Caribbean and the Gulf Coast after the devastating hurricane season of 2017.
Weather at Masters will be as up and down as scores
It's the epitome of spring: perfectly manicured grass, chirping birds and brightly colored azalea blooms. The Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia usually means the cold and dreary days are behind us.
As the Arctic warms, nor'easters may get worse
As the Northeast endures its third nor'easter in ten days, winter-weary residents are wondering what's behind the weather chaos.
Satellite observations show sea levels rising, and climate change is accelerating it
Sea level rise is happening now, and the rate at which it is rising is increasing every year, according to a study released Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Oops! It happened again -- tsunami test alert causes scare
People along the US East and Gulf Coasts received a startling "Tsunami Warning" message on their phones Tuesday, after a routine monthly test message was mistakenly pushed out by some weather apps as a real warning.
2017 was one of the hottest on record
2017 was once again one of the hottest years on record, ranked as the second-warmest by NASA and third-warmest by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
US shatters record for disaster costs in 2017
2017 was the costliest year ever for weather and climate disasters in the United States, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration announced Monday, totaling $306 billion. The previous record year, 2005, saw $215 billion in disasters.
Climate change made Hurricane Harvey's rainfall worse, study finds
Climate change is partly to blame for the record rainfall that fell over Texas and Louisiana in the days after Hurricane Harvey's landfall on August 25, according to new scientific analysis.
Deadly heat waves becoming more common due to climate change
Deadly heat waves are going to be a much bigger problem in the coming decades, becoming more frequent and occurring over a much greater portion of the planet because of climate change, according to a study published Monday in Nature Climate Change.
Starting hurricane season without leaders of NOAA and FEMA should 'scare the hell out of everybody'
Hurricane season began on June 1, and according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the season will be a busy one, with an above-average range of 5-9 hurricanes likely in the Atlantic.
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