According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, a necropsy revealed the whale may have suffered a ship ...

The effects of a coronal mass ejection—a bubble of plasma that bursts from the sun’s surface—will likely impact Earth’s ...

The agency expects a minor or greater geomagnetic storm—a disturbance of Earth’s magnetic field—on Saturday, which increases ...

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

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

The states that will likely see the natural light phenomenon, known as the Aurora Borealis, are Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Michigan, New York, Vermont, New ...

There was so much ice on the lake that the Canadian freighter Manitoulin became stuck near Buffalo, New York, and U.S. Coast Guard icebreakers were working to free it. Ice coverage of the ...

The mountains and foothills of Los Angeles County are in “extreme drought” conditions, about 36% of the county, explained ...

The polar vortex can be a powerful source of winter weather, but it's not the only cause of severe cold and snow in regions better known for warmth and sunshine. The Gulf Coast states are still ...

Heavy amounts of lake-effect snow have buried several Ontario communities this season, with the open lakes and the frigid ...

In recent decades, water temperatures in the Gulf have been increasing faster than average ocean temperatures across the ...

Puget Sound might be sheltered from feeling many strong winds directly, but it’s not immune to their ripple effects. For ...