Europe has always had hot summers—but recent heatwaves are breaking records that once seemed impossible. This video explains ...

First, instead of moving storms quickly eastward, the sluggish jet stream stalled storm systems in place, causing prolonged ...

Snow has been plentiful in parts of the Northeast and Midwest. In the West, it's a much different story. Here are some of the ...

Airlines routinely adjust routes to take advantage of favourable winds, even if that means flying a path that looks longer.

Airspace over Turkey’s capital was shut down Tuesday night after a business jet carrying Libya’s top military commander crashed south of Ankara shortly after takeoff, prompting flight diversions, an ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Doug Gollan covers private aviation and the business of luxury travel. While the distance between the furthest World Cup venues in ...

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The summer of 2025 brought unprecedented flash flooding across the U.S., with the central and eastern regions hit particularly hard. These storms claimed hundreds of lives across Texas, Kentucky and ...

The jet stream also played a role in the 2025 hurricane season. Given its west-to-east wind direction, the southward dip of the jet stream—along with a weak high pressure system over the ...

Earth’s upper atmosphere depended on a delicate balance of forces to keep the polar vortex trapped at the top of the world. The Polar Night Jet, a high-speed ribbon of wind circling the Arctic, acted ...

Scientists have produced the most detailed 3D map of almost all buildings in the world. The map, called GlobalBuildingAtlas, combines satellite imagery and machine learning to generate 3D models for ...

This Friday, we’ll find out which group the 39 qualified countries and three host nations will land in for the 2026 World Cup. The 2026 World Cup draw will take place on Friday, Dec. 5 at 12 p.m. ET ...