Climate change is disturbing wind patterns across the globe in dramatic ways. And when combined with land-use change and desertification, these changes are spawning immense sand and dust storms that ...

Climate scientists say many of the effects of climate change are happening faster than they predicted, the latest on the war ...

A warm wind shift is unfolding in a remote part of the equatorial Pacific Ocean. And despite its geographical isolation, it could signal the start of a planetary change in ocean temperatures and ...

The trade winds are permanent east-to-west prevailing winds that flow in Earth's equatorial region, blowing mainly from the northeast in the Northern Hemisphere and from the southeast in the Southern ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ian writes on fossil energies, climate, and transition to renewables. One: “I’m a physical scientist who sees modern energy as ...

NEW YORK — China pledged Wednesday to cut its world-leading levels of climate pollution by up to 10 percent during the next decade — one day after U.S. President Donald Trump urged global leaders to ...

Bill McKibben is the author of “Here Comes the Sun” and founder of Third Act, an elder-led movement for climate action and democracy protection. I remember distinctly the first time I heard public ...

SHENANDOAH, Iowa—First viewed from a pickup truck driving south on U.S. 59, the wind turbines seem small and delicate. The newly constructed wind farm is a matter of pride for Gregg Connell, the man ...