Climate scientists have long watched the jet stream with fascination and growing concern. These rivers of air racing across our planet at altitudes of roughly 5-9 miles dictate much of our day-to-day ...

In South America, southern Africa, Australia and Oceania, summer weather is heavily influenced by the Southern Hemisphere’s Eddy-Driven Jet (EDJ), a wind belt that flows between 1.3–1.5 kilometres ...

Central Texas, smashing record-high temperatures on Friday. Rain chances have been slim-to-none, with a severe drought ...

Weather patterns like heat waves or dry spells can sometimes stall over one region. A new University of Arizona study found clues about why. The researchers analyzed tree rings from centuries-old ...

First, instead of moving storms quickly eastward, the sluggish jet stream stalled storm systems in place, causing prolonged ...