The equator may sound like a foreign geography concept, but did you know it plays an outsized role in shaping Earth’s weather, climate and even ocean behavior? "The equator is basically just an ...

This week in the Boston Globe Weather Mailbag, we take a closer look at what initiates warming or cooling in the equatorial ...

A just-released update from NOAA's Climate Prediction Center says there is a 2 in 3 chance that El Niño's peak strength will ...

El Niño is waiting in the wings. An updated forecast released by the National Weather Service on Thursday gave the climate ...

A rapidly warming planet due to human-caused climate change is set to amplify what forecasters say could be a supercharged El ...

La Niña brought Arizona a record-warm winter and a spring heat wave, so what would a 'super' El Niño have in store?

A cold front moving through late Monday night/early Tuesday morning will bring the chance for rain showers, some of which ...

Autonomous underwater gliders from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography are crucial in tracking Southern California's ...

A map highlighting the true size of Africa has gone viral on social media, sparking renewed debate over how world maps can distort people’s understanding of geography. The post, shared by the account ...