A powerful spring storm system is sweeping across the central United States on Wednesday, threatening more than 70 million ...

Preliminary modeling from the U.S. Geological Survey suggested that the number of deaths in central Myanmar could exceed 10,000 or even 100,000. Photo: Rungroj Yongrit/Shutterstock The powerful 7. ...

Mar. 28, 2025 — Why do some plants thrive in specific regions but not in others? A study explores the factors shaping plant distributions and how these patterns have changed over millions of ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Trees were downed and thousands are without power after severe storms pushed through West Michigan on Sunday. Weather Alert Day: Storms may turn severe in West Michigan Sunday ...

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KEY LARGO, Fla. – The Florida Keys is the latest area to report a sighting of a giant invasive lizard species that experts warn could cause significant harm to the region’s native ecosystem. Recently, ...

Vegetation structure, land cover and phenology are critical for terrestrial ecosystem respiration, although temperature and water availability are still the dominant influences, according to a ...

Pic: Reuters A magnitude 7.7 quake is still extremely powerful and destructive if it occurs shallow in the Earth's crust and close to population centres. Friday's quake did both. Recent history ...

That’s what the surveys are designed to do - inspect damage sites and determine if that damage was caused by a twister or by destructive straight-line winds. Today, the NWS team is headed to ...

Dec. 13, 2024 — Tsunamis can cause immense physical damage to ports, but the economic cost does not stop there. The resultant disruptions of shipping lanes result in billions of dollars in ...