AI tools are getting better at predicting the weather in the short term. But there's a big difference between predicting the weather for the next few days and predicting climate trends for the next few decades. Some people think AI can solve climate change, but it's not that simple. AI can help process weather data faster. This is useful for things like managing fis...

The Southern Hemisphere's summertime eddy-driven jet (EDJ) plays a big role in shaping weather patterns. It acts like a bridge between local climates and larger global weather systems. However, predicting how this jet will change in the future is tricky. Global climate models (GCMs) struggle with this because they can't perfectly predict things like tropical warming,...

Have you ever wondered how the future of Antarctica's ice sheets might unfold? Scientists are using a model called CISM to simulate what could happen over the next few centuries. This model is part of a larger project called ISMIP6, which aims to improve predictions about the future of ice sheets. Instead of looking into the past, CISM starts by imagining what might...

Let's talk about solar geoengineering (SG), a method that tries to cool down the Earth by reflecting sunlight back into space. Scientists have been wondering how effective this could be in saving lives from heat-related deaths. They used two climate models and a look into how temperature affects mortality, and found some interesting stuff. When they modeled a 1°C coo...

Scientists are looking at a new way to make weather and water predictions better. They're using something called coupled land–atmosphere data assimilation. This means they're combining information from the ground (like how wet the soil is) with information from the air (like temperature and wind speed). They used a special model called NICAM-LETKF to do this. In the...