Kristen’s Classroom: Introduction to climate patterns

There are a few larger-scale, longer-term climate patterns that can give us an idea of what the 'big picture' forecast could ...
MacStories

Creating a Custom Weather and Home Climate Control Menu Bar App with MenuBot and Shortcuts

Last year, I wrote about how I was able to display the temperature from my outdoor sensor in my Mac’s menu bar using a combination of Shortcuts, SF Symbols, and small utilities like One Thing and Data ...
NPR

Weird weather isn't always because of climate change — but sometimes it is

2025 started off with a flurry of intense weather. Southern California experienced bursts of 100-mph winds that spread record-breaking destructive wildfires. Major winter storms have dumped snow and ...

Fact-checking what lawmakers said during congressional weather modification hearing

A congressional subcommittee spent nearly two hours on Tuesday discussing the rarely practiced but frequently talked about ...
PBS

Microplastics may affect weather and climate by producing clouds, researchers find

Clouds form when water vapor – an invisible gas in the atmosphere – sticks to tiny floating particles, such as dust, and turns into liquid water droplets or ice crystals. In a newly published study, ...
Nature

Weather and climate predicted accurately — without using a supercomputer

Numerical models of Earth’s climate system, based on the laws of physics, are essential tools for predicting changes in weather and climate in our warming world. However, persistent uncertainties in ...
PBS

Nation’s top weather and climate service faces potential political storm

While extreme weather events are becoming more frequent and severe, the National Weather Service and its parent agency, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, are targeted for drastic ...