Smoke from the fire’s explosion poured into Yosemite National Park, impacting air quality in gateway towns Wawona and ...

The caustic waste that leaked from the barrels created an extreme environment similar to that of hydrothermal vents, ...

NOAA’s space weather forecasting toolbox is about to get a major upgrade this year with the launch of a spacecraft dedicated to helping forecast impacts from the Sun, which is no easy task to begin ...

"Children, people who are sensitive to ozone, and people with heart or lung disease should limit prolonged outdoor exertion ...

Forecasters warn of possible G2 geomagnetic storms as a colossal coronal hole sends solar wind racing our way.

C.J. Stroud and the Houston Texans didn’t score after halftime and couldn’t get in the end zone all day in a season-opening ...

That gives people less time to prepare. The warning from atmospheric scientist Jennifer Francis is as stark as the late-summer blue skies across the Atlantic today. But below that calm, the ...

It’s not fall yet and won’t be for another 12 days, but Mother Nature must be about as tired of this summer’s oppressive heat ...

As Ernst Peters wraps up 42 years of documenting triumph and tragedy for The Ledger, here’s a look at some of his work.