For the first time, scientists have named a heat wave. They called it Zoe. According to USA Today, the Spanish scientists bestowed the moniker on a heat wave that sent temperatures soaring to 112 ...

Last June, Aaron Flansburg felt the temperature spike and knew what that meant for his canola crop. A fifth-generation grower in Washington state, Flansburg times his canola planting to bloom in the ...

As the weather grows cold this winter, you may be one of the many Americans pulling their winter jackets out of the closet.

This desert plant rewired photosynthesis to thrive at 120°F. Its hot secret could help our essential crops survive climate ...

Many local high school football games will have a delayed start tomorrow night due to Friday’s very hot temperatures in the Upstate.Most schools have decided to move kickoff times from 7:30 to 8:00 ...

In its latest global climate report, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration confirmed that July was the 14th straight month of record-breaking heat. That, in and of itself, is a new ...

As extreme heat claims more lives during ruthless summers in the region, Southern Nevada is upping the ante in its tree planting efforts. But a new study suggests trees alone may not be enough to make ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Atmospheric pressure is a major part of meteorology, and it is always around us. The atmosphere presses down at nearly 15 PSI. That is "Pounds Per Square Inch". This means that ...

For two centuries, engineers have trusted a simple rule to predict how heat flows through solids, from jet-engine blades to smartphone chips. Now a set of carefully designed experiments has revealed a ...