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Hurricanes aren't cooling off future storms as much as they once did

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Hurricanes aren't cooling off future storms as much as they once did

The trails of cold water hurricanes leave in their wake are warming up faster, giving an energy boost to storms that follow

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2DF6M9A Young boy struggling with large yellow umbrella on beach in stormy weather. Winter beach scene.

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Storm clouds threaten a promised AI revolution in weather prediction

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Test of AI weather forecasts shows they miss extreme storms

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Europe increasingly vulnerable to hailstones the size of golfballs

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Record heat in 2023 and 2024 may just have been natural variability

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Trump budget cuts would eliminate much of NOAA’s climate research

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AI can forecast the weather in seconds without needing supercomputers

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How cloud-seeding could help us predict when it will snow

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How cloud-seeding could help us predict when it will snow

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NOAA cancels monthly climate and weather update calls

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Four ways cuts at NOAA will make weather forecasts less reliable

Widespread firings at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration could affect everything from tornado alerts to weather forecasts on your phone

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Extreme heat may speed up biological ageing in older people

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Do world record snowflakes observed in 1887 stand up to science?

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January 2025 sets surprise record as hottest ever start to a year

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2024 may have been the rainiest – as well as hottest – year on record

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