Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When looking at a surf forecast, there are several key factors to take into consideration, including swell direction, swell height ...

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 ...

The maximum Antarctic sea ice extent in 2023, shown here, was the lowest on record. The yellow line shows the average winter maximum of satellite observations from 1981 to 2010. New research shows ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Climate change is affecting global wind patterns in multiple ways, many of which have direct implications for human health. Worsening sand and dust ...

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.

Amid all the changes in Earth's climate, sea ice in the stormy Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica was, for a long time, an odd exception. The maximum winter sea ice cover remained steady or even ...