Tropical cyclones can unleash extensive devastation, as recent storms that swept over Jamaica and the Philippines made unmistakably clear. Accurate weather forecasts that buy more time to prepare are ...

The region faces a confluence of factors, including the fastest sea level rise in the country, increasingly humid temperatures and extreme rainfall. By David Gelles With Tropical Storm Debby ...

A datacenter set up to operate in tropical climates is now up and running in Singapore, offering a facility for researchers and industry players to develop energy-efficient cooling technologies.

The Amazon rainforest is slowly transitioning to a new, hotter climate with more frequent and intense droughts—conditions that haven't been seen on Earth for tens of millions of years. The conclusions ...

Data collected by the International Space Station has revealed a small fraction of leaves in the world's tropical rainforests are already exceeding peak temperatures, and scientists warn that this ...

More frequent and intense storms, sea-level rise and extensive rainfall fueled by climate change mean the island nation is likely to be hit especially hard by this week’s storm. By Sachi Kitajima ...

When we think of the word "tropic," the image that typically comes to mind is an exotic space, characterized by perpetual warmth and humidity, with frequent and heavy rainfall nurturing lush ...

According to the definition by the National Geographic Society, the tropics are the regions that lie either in the latitude lines 23.5 degrees North of the Equator or 23.5 degrees South of the Equator ...