Using satellite imagery, researchers have discovered that nearly 5% of Oregon and Washington’s western forest canopy — about the size of Rhode Island — was scorched and damaged in the multi-day 2021 h ...

Phonons are sound particles or quantized vibrations of atoms in solid materials. The Debye model, a theory introduced by ...

With discussions at COP30 pushing for sustainable cooling and AI innovation, research by the Universities of Cambridge and ...

Thanks to corals’ deep-sea cousins, even the most extreme environmental changes—global warming or sudden, severe variations ...

Up to 4 inches of rain could fall in San Luis Obispo County, resulting in flood risks, the National Weather Service says.

In fall 2023, hundreds of river dolphins turned up dead in Brazil’s Lake Tefé. At the time, researchers didn’t know what had ...

Record Amazon heatwave turned lakes into shallow, overheated traps - scientists explain how calm air and drought fueled the 105°F spike.

The agency said minimum and maximum temperatures between 20 and 30 degrees below normal are expected to tie or break numerous ...

The damage wrought by the 2021 heat dome continues to reverberate, with researchers identifying an area of forest nearly the size of Rhode Island in Oregon and Washington that experienced scorched ...

The fall vibes are on hold across much of the Midwest this week. An extraordinary October heat wave could bring record-breaking temperatures to the northern Plains and Upper Midwest in the coming days ...

From seabirds to sea lions, wildlife along the California coast are now facing “the Blob,” a massive marine heat wave that’s become a recurring anomaly since the early 2010s. The oceanic phenomenon ...