DETROIT – Hurricane Melissa is nearing the maximum potential intensity that earth’s atmosphere can produce. The Category 5 hurricane produced a wind gust recorded at an astonishing 241 mph by Hurricane Hunters on Monday, Oct. 27, 2025. That makes it one of the strongest hurricanes ever recorded.

Earth has been dimming for decades, reflecting less light back into space—and the amount of light reflected by the Northern Hemisphere is decreasing more quickly than that of the Southern Hemisphere,

Your every breath serves as a reminder that the atmosphere of Earth is silently carrying out its function. Since air is always present and invisible, it’s easy to take it for granted, but one of the solar system’s most amazing features is the thin layer of gases that envelops our planet.

The 'stadium effect' only happens in earth's strongest storms. The Air Force captured some incredible pictures from the eye of Hurricane Melissa on Monday.

You are going about your day. All is calm and quiet until suddenly, the ground beneath your feet begins to shake, and items within your

Every fraction of a degree of warming edges Earth towards triggering all kinds of climate tipping points, and the report lays out their consequences. Billions of people across the world will face the impacts of more extreme weather, worse food security and rising sea levels if Earth's climate systems shift.

New AI features in Google Earth let users ask chatbot-style questions to find changes in the climate. The system could eventually predict disasters and identify the communities likely to be affected.

Space weather isn’t referring to rain clouds that float through the galaxy. Instead, it’s caused by massive explosions of particles that shoot out from the Sun.

The burgeoning space industry and the technologies society increasingly relies on – electric grids, aviation and telecommunications – are all vulnerable to the same threat: space weather. Space weather encompasses any variations in the space ...