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May Nymex natural gas (NGK23 ) on Tuesday closed up +0.034 (+1.50%). May nat-gas prices Tuesday recovered from early losses and posted moderate gains on the outlook for colder U.S. temperatures, which would boost heating demand for nat-gas. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Organization (NOAA) said that below-normal temperatures are...

Last year, the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) identified 1,341 tornadoes in the US. Of these, 31% occurred in three states: Mississippi, Alabama, and Texas.

A US federal department is predicting the probability of El Niño as now close to 80 per cent, and the weather pattern could be one of the strongest in decades, increasing the odds of drier and warmer weather across eastern Australia.

The sun may reach the peak of its current solar cycle in 2024, one year ahead of official predictions, new research reveals. But solar mayhem may still occur in the next five years.

With an El Niño imminent, there is a high likelihood of a new record warmest year.

Australian sea surface temperatures have been at record levels for more than a month, and it's not just our beaches being affected.

It’s coming. Winds are weakening along the equatorial Pacific Ocean. Heat is building beneath the ocean surface. By July, most forecast models agree that the climate system’s biggest player – El Niño – will return for the first time in nearly four years.

The upper levels of the ocean have never been this hot. Blame the end of La Niña and the ever-present heating effect of climate change.

The new director of the National Hurricane Center is a man with plenty of experience calling big storms