Rep. Lisa Fink said she understands geoengineering can be controversial and some people attach it to the “chemtrails” conspiracy theory.

Police were called to Sky Dive Arizona after reports of a parachutist experiencing complications during descent. Ann Wick, 55, of Minnesota died at the scene.

A La Niña winter just started, but it isn’t expected to last long. National forecasters are already looking ahead to the spring season. A new long-range forecast released Thursday shows

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

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

The nation’s next major storm system is set to sweep across the U.S. this week and bring the potential for a wide range of threats, including heavy snow, flash flooding and severe weather.

From "MooLoos" to painting mountains, these silly scientific suggestions could actually help with climate change.

The storm brought an inch of rain to parts of Southern California and several inches of snow over the region's mountains.

The Almanac had predicted that the winter of 2024-2025 would be a “Wet Winter Whirlwind” with wet and cold weather for most locations. However it also said that the Southeast would have a “warmish winter, with above-average temperatures.”

A solar explosion called a coronal mass ejection is poised to graze Earth on Friday or Saturday (Jan. 24 or Jan. 25), potentially triggering colorful auroras over the northern U.S.

Authorities are examining “very concerning online writings and social media posts” connected to the shooter who killed a female student and wounded another student in a Nashville high school cafeteria.

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