One of the most influential and colorful atmospheric scientists of modern times passed from the scene unexpectedly on 19 July. Stephen Schneider died of an apparent heart attack while on board a flight from Sweden to London.

Researchers and aircraft will search for secrets of hurricane formation above the tropical Atlantic Ocean.

The study, published in Nature Geoscience, finds that the rise is at least partly a result of climate change.

The agreement will help the two countries increase their joint research into the complexities of climate change.

More than 100 people assembled on the outskirts of Cheyenne, Wyoming, on 15 June for the official kickoff of construction on the NCAR–Wyoming Supercomputing Center.