Picture this: you're checking tomorrow's weather for the tenth time this week, and each time the forecast has shifted. What ...

A novel unified hydrodynamic model proposes a single mechanism to explain the contrasting equatorial jet stream directions on gas giants (eastward on Jupiter/Saturn) and ice giants (westward on Uranus ...

The high-speed winds of jet streams, found near the top of the troposphere, play a major role in guiding weather systems. Many factors, including Earth's rotation and the Sun's uneven heating of Earth ...

Extreme and prolonged heat waves are becoming more frequent as the global climate warms. Unusually hot conditions across western North America, the Mediterranean and southern Asia this year have been ...

A University of Dayton researcher argues the extreme weather of 2025, from flash floods to hurricanes, had the jet stream's ...