44 degrees, or about half way between its extremes, and this angle is very slowly decreasing in a cycle that spans about 41,000 years. 5 degrees relative to its orbital plane around the sun, is the ...

In a strip of soil outside my house, between the sidewalk and the curb, there’s a living symbol of the seasons. In winter, it is a sleeping skeleton, branches bare except for the occasional mantle of ...

This year, with the development of La Niña in the Pacific and the warm surface temperatures in the Atlantic, meteorologists are seeing the potential for another season of above-average hurricane ...

The Atlantic hurricane season officially ends Saturday. Its pattern of activity surprised forecasters: The season got busy early and produced strong, late storms, but what is usually considered the ...