New data from a constellation of satellites 250 miles above Earth’s surface shows how solar and wind have taken off in recent ...

The main example is the global jet streams ... The westward trade winds near the surface are an indirect consequence: as low-level air is pulled equator-ward, it also accelerates westward from ...

El Niño, a climate phenomenon marked by warming sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific, is ...

Near-surface equatorial trade winds, blowing east to west ... to amplified warming in the upper tropical troposphere under ...

In fact, wind exists because the sun unevenly heats the surface of the Earth ... the wind energy industry is booming. Thanks to global efforts to combat climate change, such as the Paris Agreement ...

If the United States sprouted enough wind turbines to meet its entire demand for electricity, the turbines would immediately raise the region’s surface ... Current global greenhouse gas ...

The greater the contrasts in surface temperature, the stronger the jet stream winds blow ... Therefore, for global balloonists, troughs and ridges present the least desirable air flow pattern.

Trade winds blow warm surface waters in tropical oceans and ... The combination of oceanic and atmospheric circulation drives global climate by redistributing heat and moisture.

or use buoys to measure sea surface winds? Those are all good choices—and reflect what some scientists are doing now—to help researchers understand what's going on with El Niño today.