The National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration announced this week La Niña has arrived. This usually means the northern ...

NOAA data shows 9,759 tornadoes were reported statewide between January 1950 and January 2024, the most recent data available ...

After 15 years of exploration, scientists discover an intact prehistoric Palau nautilus in deep water, a fascinating marine ...

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Earth experienced its hottest year on record, surpassing previous highs with an average temperature 1.28 degrees Celsius ...

The low-oxygen conditions that form in the Gulf each summer kill bottom-living organisms and result in fish and shrimp moving ...

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An image released by NASA illustrates record global temperatures in 2024 as the average went up by 2.3 degrees Fahrenheit (1.28 degrees Celsius).

According to the NWS, the Arctic polar vortex is a powerful band of west-to-east winds that develops in the stratosphere, about 10 to 30 miles above the North Pole, during the winter season. It is ...

Raging wildfires in Los Angeles killed at least two people, destroyed hundreds of buildings and stretched firefighting ...

A La Niña winter just started, but it isn’t expected to last long. National forecasters are already looking ahead to the spring season.

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