No heat in sight along the West coast through the end of June, but fire threat looms

Western US weather - June 17, 2019, 2:50:50 PM EDT

The widespread heat is done for a little while, but the fire threat will be rising in the Northwest this week.

Going carbon neutral in the US may cost a trillion dollars annually by the year 2050

Global climate change - June 17, 2019, 10:56:45 AM EDT

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions is not going to be cheap, but do we have any choice at this point?

Electric blue clouds dazzle the night sky recently

Astronomy - June 14, 2019, 5:29:42 PM EDT

Recent West Coast heat wave was perhaps most remarkable because it happened in June

Western US weather - June 14, 2019, 11:27:52 AM EDT

The most notable thing about the heat wave was not necessarily how hot it got, but that it happened in June.

Fire rainbows dazzle Northeast

WeatherMatrix - June 14, 2019, 9:54:58 PM EDT

The Arctic continues to rapidly warm with no end in sight

Global climate change - June 12, 2019, 2:08:42 PM EDT

The Arctic region continues to warm at about twice the rate than the planet as a whole and we see no evidence that this trend will significantly slow or reverse in the near future.

Core of the heat shifts to the Pacific Northwest and the Desert Southwest as coastal California cools down

Western US weather - June 11, 2019, 12:26:42 PM EDT

California was the focus of the scorching heat Monday, but the core of the heat will shift more to the east into Wednesday.

Weekly long-range weather pattern update

Canadian weather - June 11, 2019, 9:35:22 AM EDT

Latest clues to the long-range weather pattern into July.

Increased risk for more intense hurricanes along the U.S. East Coast late this century

Global climate change - June 11, 2019, 9:34:21 AM EDT

The steady increase of greenhouse gas emissions may increase the risk of rapidly strengthening tropical storms and hurricanes along the East coast of the United States by late this century.