Fukuoka, Japan—The interaction between the oceans and the atmosphere plays a vital role in shaping the Earth’s climate. Changing sea surface temperatures can heat or cool the atmosphere, and changes ...

Researchers at University of Tsukuba and the Meteorological Research Institute have identified how atmosphere–ocean interactions in the midlatitudes reinforce the East Asian winter monsoon (EAWM).

The larger, slower moving typhoons cause the sea temperature to drop greatly, limiting the intensity of the storm. Credit: Reiko Matsushita A research group from Nagoya University in Japan has found ...

Weak La Niña conditions are favored to persist through winter, according to a monthly update released Thursday by NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center. A La Niña Advisory Is Still In EffectLa Niña occurs ...

Antarctic sea ice is projected to decrease in response to increasing greenhouse gas concentrations. Limited studies so far have examined the coupled atmosphere—ocean response to Antarctic sea ice loss ...

A group from Nagoya University in Japan has found that larger, slower-moving typhoons are more likely to be resilient against global warming. However, compact, faster-moving storms are more likely to ...