The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

Above: Ice floes fill the Hudson River as the New Jersey waterfront is seen during sunset on January 9, 2014, in New York City. Two days earlier, the city set an all-time peak in demand for energy ...

March 10 (UPI) --During the second week of February in 2015, the meandering jet stream slipped steadily southward, pulling down icy fingers of Arctic air. In Buffalo, N.Y., Feb. 15 was the coldest day ...

The Arctic is warming much faster than the rest of the planet, a phenomenon called Arctic amplification. The enhanced warming results in a massive loss in sea ice and snow cover, which in turn ...

Both cities lie in the Earth’s mid-latitude zone of prevailing westerlies in which weather systems move mainly from west to east. The huge difference in the climates of the two cities is due to ...

London is at the same latitude as Calgary, Alberta. So why is the Canadian city about 15 degrees Fahrenheit (8.3 degrees Celsius) cooler in January?

A strong area of high pressure in the Southeast moved away, which opened the door for a mid-latitude cyclone — a storm system that moved across the country. That system brought snow to the Midwest and ...

FARGO — Latitude and longitude are imaginary lines over the globe, the intersections of which are unique to every place in the world. It forms a grid of roughly, but not quite perfect, spherical ...

The principles of regenerative agriculture are the same, no matter the latitude. A Mexican rancher tells how they've boosted his production in the sun-baked desert, and how they can do the same on the ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...