Rain gauges did not exist millions of years ago. Instead, researchers turn to indirect clues left behind in rocks, soils, and ...

To understand how global warming could influence future climate, scientists look to the Paleogene Period that began 66 ...

Click the downloadable graphic: Extreme Precipitation Change 1958 to 2021 Climate change is bringing heavier rainfall extremes and increased, inequitable flood risk to many parts of the U.S. For every ...

Hurricane Helene crossed the Gulf of Mexico at a time when sea surface temperatures were at record highs and then barreled into a region where heavy rains had left the ground saturated. The result was ...

A raging flood pulled a family's home of more than 50 years into the Blue Earth River in southern Minnesota this week, as a community watched in horror. The river’s water flow had tripled in three ...

Since 1901, global precipitation levels have increased by an average rate of 0.04 inches per decade, whereas in the contiguous United States, annual precipitation levels have been increasing at a rate ...

Floods are the second leading cause of weather-related deaths in the U.S., and their dangerous effects stretch far from the coast. Floods happen not only along coastlines, where rising seas lead to ...