A larger shelf means legal access to more of the ocean floor’s riches: animals, hydrocarbons, and, perhaps most important, ...

Another display of the northern lights could be visible this weekend in several U.S. states following a severe solar storm.

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A major storm spread heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain across the southern United States on Wednesday, breaking snow ...

Rip currents are powerful channels of water that flow away from shore, often causing life-threatening conditions for swimmers ...

A strong polar vortex in the stratosphere has brought subzero temperatures to the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and deep into the ...

One of President Trump’s first executive orders withdraws the U.S. from the Paris climate agreement. These graphics show why ...

Sky gazers in several U.S. states could get a colorful glimpse of the northern lights as we enter the weekend, thanks to a recent geomagnetic storm.

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A Trump executive order temporarily pauses leases and permits for offshore and onshore wind projects. Wind advocates say an ...

Realizing that more storms will likely hit New Haven in the future, the city is working to improve its preparedness for natural hazards and disasters such as floods, hurricanes, severe storms and ...