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 ...

A new study has revealed significant changes in the strength and position of the Southern Hemisphere westerly winds over the past 11,000 years. Using sediment samples from a remote lake perched on a ...

A new study has revealed significant acceleration in the upper-ocean circulation of the equatorial Pacific over the past 30 years. This acceleration is primarily driven by intensified atmospheric ...

Atmospheric circulation encompasses the large-scale movement of air that redistributes heat, moisture and momentum across the globe, giving rise to characteristic cells, jets and weather systems. The ...

Changes in wind patterns play the leading role in influencing often devastating tropical rainfall changes, rather than simply the warming atmosphere holding more moisture, according to new research.

Sean Grasing wasn’t looking for anything extraordinary. The Earth scientist was combing through a lidar dataset — the kind that strips away vegetation to reveal bare topography — hunting for small ...