The trade winds are permanent east-to-west prevailing winds that flow in Earth's equatorial region, blowing mainly from the northeast in the Northern Hemisphere and from the southeast in the Southern ...

Because wind is governed by temperature and pressure gradients, in general, the global wind system tends to weaken as climate warms, says Wu. By Sean Mowbray Climate change is disturbing wind patterns ...

Scour marks left by icebergs that ran aground thousands of years ago record the winds blowing off the Laurentide Ice Sheet.