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Warming and protecting your house from the inside out will ensure that you don't lose money on higher energy bills down the line.

Beyond the toll wildfire smoke can have on the health of those in affected areas, there are infrastructure and business costs.

The Camp fire, which killed 85 people and destroyed more than 13,900 homes, is the latest focus of conspiracy theories spread by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., who speculated that the blaze might have been started by a laser beam in space.

Global warming pushed temperatures to near-record levels in 2020, in effect tying 2016 as the hottest year on record, according to data released Thursday by U.S. science agencies.

California fires, Atlantic hurricanes and a Midwest windstorm were among a record number of $1 billion disasters that hit the U.S. last year, highlighting the intensifying threat of climate change, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Michigan’s cold, snowy winters, and a way of life built around them, are being disrupted by climate change. And for winter festivals reliant on cold, snow and ice — and communities reliant on the economic boost at a slow time that those festivals bring — it’s causing some scrambling to adapt, and even to survive.

As many as 6 inches (15 centimeters) of snow fell across parts of southern Texas, the National Weather Service in Houston reported Sunday night. The snow contributed to slick roads and power outages, but some families took time to enjoy the weather in areas like Austin and College Station.

In a year when a third of manatee fatalities in Florida were not investigated because COVID-19 restrictions limited necropsies and boat strikes once again topped deaths caused by humans, one indicator stood out: manatees killed by floodgates and locks.

America’s rivers are changing color — and people are behind many of the shifts, a new study said.

With coffee production in other countries driving down prices and droughts and storms wreaking havoc, coffee farmers in Central America have had to make tough choices in recent years.

South Florida got lucky in 2020 when it comes to hurricane season, but we couldn't escape the rain.

Just because hurricane season is over, doesn't mean a hurricane can't pop up in December. What was the latest hurricane to ever form in a season? The answer is here.

There are several steps you can take to help your body cope with cold conditions. The human body can adapt relatively quickly to cold temperatures. Habituation to cold is the reason the same temperature can feel really cold in the fall and blissfully warm in the late winter.

The Northeast’s first whopper snowstorm of the season buried parts of upstate New York under more than 3 feet of snow.

COVID-19 has robbed a lot from children in 2020, and in many school districts in northern climes it is now stealing the magic of the snow day — waking up to find that school has been canceled and the day will be filled with snowballs and snow angels.

Winter starts Monday, but the weather’s curious effect on face masks has already changed.

Many of us have heard: “Don’t go outside without a coat; you’ll catch a cold.” That’s not exactly true.

When the winds howl, when the snow stings your cheeks, there is nothing more welcoming and inviting than an elegant aperitif.

The Arctic continued its unwavering shift toward a new climate in 2020, as the effects of near-record warming surged across the region, shrinking ice and snow cover and fueling extreme wildfires, scientists said Tuesday in an annual assessment of the region.

Warm conditions persisted over large swaths of the planet, with temperatures the highest above average across Northern Europe and Siberia, as well as the Arctic Ocean. Much of the United States was warmer than average as well.