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, ...

It's like "bomb cyclone" or "firenado." It seems like the sort of phenomenon that would be responsible for the ...

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 ...

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

With the onset of winter, school delays and cancellations are sure to happen, and local school officials have systems in place to help determine when to make those calls. Under state regulations, ...

Nearly a mile out from the Peru coastline, Pico Alto is another monster break, one that produces swells over 50 feet and is ...

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