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UChicago researchers combine AI with statistics and physics to better estimate the odds of rare weather.

Climate change has increased childhood malaria, could continue to do so in southern and East Africa where communities are less experienced at tackling the disease, while reducing the risk in today’s hotspots as temperatures become too high for mosquitoes.

Analyzing NOAA's billion-dollar weather disaster database, a UChicago-led study projects sharply rising costs driven by climate change and expanding development.

A new study by B. B. Cael, assistant professor in the Department of Geophysical Sciences at the University of Chicago, analyzed nearly 2,000 of the deadliest climate hazard events worldwide since 1988 and found a mix of progress and growing risk.

Although honey bees have the ability to regulate hive temperatures, new research shows that extreme summer heat can overwhelm these critical pollinators' cooling systems, leading to significant colony population declines.

A new study from scientists from the University of Chicago found that neural networks cannot forecast “gray swan” weather events, which might not appear in existing training data but could still happen—like 200-year floods or massive hurricanes.

Study by Asst. Prof. Da Yang provides powerful framework that sheds light on key processes driving extreme weather.

With applications in clothing, construction and food storage, the new textile reduces heat from both the sun and thermal radiation from nearby buildings.