New analyses of ancient ice from Antarctica and the air contained inside it are extending the history of Earth's climate ...

For the first time, scientists have measured atmospheric gases from the late Pliocene, yielding data that could help to ...

Superconductivity is the ability to transmit energy without any resistance when an object is cooled to a certain temperature.

Everything depends on what people and their government do,” Somerville writes, not once, not twice, but (if I count correctly) seven times.

The northeastern United States has been hammered with chilling temperatures for weeks, but some slight relief is on the way for central Pennsylvania. The polar vortex will finally subside early this ...

The Winter Olympics and Paralympics are upon us once again. This year the games come to Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, where weather forecasts are predicting temperatures in the upper 30s to ...

The Earth Dynamics Geodetic Explorer (EDGE) is one of two missions NASA selected Feb. 5 for its Earth System Explorer program. Credit: Lanteris Space Systems WASHINGTON — NASA has selected two Earth ...

When Meha Jain talks about satellites, she often ends up talking about people. Years before she became an associate professor at the University of Michigan’s School for Environment and Sustainability, ...

A man fried an egg on a sun-heated piece of metal as extreme temperatures turned Forbes, New South Wales, into an open-air frying pan last week. Anthony John Whitney put the scorching heat to the test ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Everyone knows it's cold it is outside. The entire Philadelphia region has remained below freezing for the seventh day in a row, with little relief in sight. But we are tapping ...

Snow doesn’t melt based only on the air temperature — other factors like sun, wind, humidity and ground warmth play a role. Solar radiation and surface heat can cause melting even when thermometers ...