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The phrase "global warming" gets tossed around a lot, but do we really understand what it means and how it will feel? In the groundbreaking Paris Agreement, 195 countries agreed to limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius...

U.S. officials have confirmed that 2018 was the fourth hottest year on record. Scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and NASA just revealed that temperatures were 1.5 degrees Fahrenheit...

Remember the series of reservoir filling and snowpack building winter storms California experienced mid-January? It was the result of an “atmospheric river” driving a series of Pacific storms onshore, just like the event...

WASHINGTON—Planes flying over rain or snow can intensify the precipitation by as much as 10-fold, according to a new study. The rain- and snow-bursts are not caused by emissions from the aircraft but are the peculiar consequence...

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Americans in the upper Midwest have been dealing with brutally cold temperatures as low as 35 degrees (Fahrenheit) below zero and wind chills near 60 below this week...

Reposted from Dr. Roy Spencer’s blog January 24th, 2019 by Roy W. Spencer, Ph. D. Lake Michigan ice as temperatures plunged to -16 deg. F in Chicago, IL on Jan. 6, 2014. The low temperature on Wednesday, January 30, 2019...

What caused more than 200,000 Victorians to lose power on Friday, and do we need to get used to rolling brownouts?

What caused more than 200,000 Victorians to lose power on Friday, and do we need to get used to rolling brownouts?

Temporary diesel power generators owned by the South Australian Government are switched on as the Australian Energy Market Operator deals with record-breaking heat conditions across both SA and Victoria.

Temporary diesel power generators owned by the South Australian Government are switched on as the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) deals with record-breaking heat conditions across both SA and Victoria.

Households are unlikely to suffer unplanned blackouts today, despite extreme temperatures in southern Australia putting the power system into a "very tight situation" to keep up with demand, the Australian Energy Market Operator...

The Australian Energy Market Operator forecasts a potential supply shortfall for the two states, and could pay energy-intensive industries to power down as scorching temperatures place extra strain on the system.

A rare blizzard warning has been issued for the Sierra Nevada mountains of California. Up to 5 feet of snow is expected to fall Wednesday night into Thursday as a strong cold core low pressure system pushes moisture inland...

California’s Monarch butterfly population hit a record low in 2018 after dropping a whopping 86 percent from the previous year. According to the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, the total population has declined...