In biology and paleontology (the study of extinct organisms) there are a few ways to estimate the age of an animal's skeleton ...

Riverside County is in the grips of a record-setting heat wave Saturday as an unseasonable extended hot spell blanketed Southern California. “Daily record highs will be broken in several locations,” ...

One last blast of the traditional winter season will sweep into Texas on Sunday after temperatures climb to their warmest ...

It’s the middle of March, and a full-scale summer-style heat wave is expected to bring scorching weather to California and the Southwest over the next week. In desert areas of Southern California and ...

Rising sea levels are slowing Earth’s rotation, lengthening how long an average day lasts. And the current rate of increase to a single average day—1.33 additional milliseconds per century—is ...

So it may come as a surprise to many that nowhere in the U.S. had a record cold winter this year. Nowhere even came close. What did set records was heat. The western half of the country spent the ...

The Washington Post recently ran a Feb. 11, 2026 article titled “Scientists thought they understood global warming. Then the past three years happened.” As I read it, and as we move through this ...

People quickly normalize extreme weather. Simple visuals highlighting abrupt change could help climate change break through our mental blind spots.

I’ve had many folks write in asking (and hoping) if winter is gone for good. And after the coldest and snowiest meteorological winter (Dec. 1 to Feb. 28), in 11 years for many areas of New England, I ...

Allergy season is starting earlier each year, and Valley residents are already feeling it. The allergy forecast this week is high across the board, with tree pollen levels topping the charts. "Now, ...

El Niño conditions can nudge the overall weather pattern in Connecticut, although it doesn't affect day-to-day forecasts.