Have you ever wondered what it feels like to stand under a sky that suddenly turns into a river? For millions living along ...

EVERETT — Anna Kagley was working at a federal lab in Seattle in 1989 when the Exxon Valdez tanker spilled some 11 million ...

Climate Lab is a Seattle Times initiative that explores the effects of climate change in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. The project is funded in part by The Bullitt Foundation, CO2 Foundation, Jim ...

The crisis in question? Flooding — driven by rising tidal water, low atmospheric pressure, rainfall, and other factors, ...

According to the University of Washington's Department of Atmospheric and Climate Science, the official rain gauge at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport has received only 14 inches of rain so ...

Masses of demonstrators packed into streets, parks and plazas across the United States on Saturday to protest President ...

Mare Island could be poised to receive federal funding for renewed shipbuilding and repair activity while billionaire-backed ...

Our water watchman A new Calusa Waterkeeper recently joined the mission of protecting Southwest Florida’s water resources ...

The result of the increase, the simulation predicted, could be that the frequency of atmospheric rivers over Antarctica ...

Antarctica could see a doubling of extreme weather events—such as atmospheric rivers—by 2100, with implications for future sea level rise.

KETCHIKAN, Alaska – Those heading up to Alaska for a late spring cruise this week got a heaping dose of weather reality as an atmospheric river brings several inches of rain to one of the most ...

Atmospheric river impacts. Credit: Nature Reviews Earth & Environment (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s43017-024-00638-7 A study co-led by Irina Gorodetskaya, a researcher at the Interdisciplinary ...