The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season is off to a record-setting start, and at its current pace, the tropical storm count may outnumber the list of 21 names that are used to identify systems -- something ...

The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season is speeding through the list of storm names this year. For the second time in history, the 21 names from the regular list have been exhausted. This also occurred in ...

They’re ‘distracting and confusing,’ says the World Meteorological Organization They’re ‘distracting and confusing,’ says the World Meteorological Organization Justine Calma is a senior science ...

After a record-breaking hurricane season in 2020, meteorologists and researchers around the world are figuring out ways to make future seasons better communicated to the public. Tropical storms are ...

Anagrams aside, the new coronavirus variant’s name follows an established pattern of naming variants after letters in the Greek alphabet. Pedestrians wearing face masks against the coronavirus walk ...

The World Health Organization skipped a couple of letters in the Greek alphabet when it named the omicron variant. That fueled all sorts of speculation and claims on social media about why the ...

Say goodbye to the “Indian,” “South African” and “British” coronavirus variants. According to the World Health Organization, they’re the Delta, Beta and Alpha variants now. The global health body ...