Pacific climate variability is driven by coupled processes between the ocean and the atmosphere across a spectrum of temporal scales, from interannual events such as El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO ...

Decadal climate variability in the Pacific Ocean arises from a suite of large-scale modes of ocean–atmosphere interaction that modulate sea surface temperatures, atmospheric pressure patterns and ...

Current global climate models (GCMs) support with high confidence the view that rising greenhouse gases and other anthropogenic forcings account for nearly all observed global surface warming—slightly ...

One of the most pervasive misunderstandings of climate — even among some who publish on climate — is the belief that any long-term trend in a measured climate variable indicates a change in climate, ...

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A new Murdoch University study has found that cold-blooded animals (ectotherms) are unable to adjust physiologically to daily temperature fluctuations, a limitation that could leave them increasingly ...

Between 2021 and 2023, Antarctica appeared to be growing. Heavy snowfall caused parts of the continent to gain mass, leading some to question whether climate change is really causing irreversible ...

By Sean Mowbray As a potentially historic El Niño builds in the Pacific, evidence suggests that climate change is ratcheting up the intensity of such events. And as temperatures rise in the future, ...