Rising temperatures are fueled, in part, by declining cloud cover — which could be a potential climate feedback loop.

January temperatures were less mild than Illinois has become accustomed to, ending the month 4.4 degrees below the 1991-2020 average, according to Illinois State Climatologist Trent Ford.

When the weather turns dreary, my mind tends to take a mental vacation . . . by planning a dream getaway. If you’re the same—or if you’re lucky enough to, you know, be planning an actual vacation—you ...

Billions of years ago, the molecular building blocks of life emerged from a complex web of chemical and geological processes.

The planet has been shattering heat records for the past two years. That was expected to ease in January—and the fact that it ...

Some of Colorado's most beloved nature escapes require advanced reservations for a summer visit. Now is the time to plan — no ...

Previous forecasts in the week estimated we could see 5-8 inches of snow in parts of the area. Greg Bennett explains the science behind why those totals fell short of estimates.

Most of the time, I illustrate other people’s stories — for every three or four I do for someone else, I do one of my own ...

Black History Month made the military stronger, promoting cohesion and innovation. Canceling it will hurt unity integrity.

With his 70th birthday looming on this year’s horizon, Microsoft founder Bill Gates looked inward to open a window into the man behind Windows and other seminal software that turned the ...

Historians have found a reference in an 1841 diary to groundhog weather forecasts in early February among families of German ...

But then, coming that close to losing my life made losing my possessions much easier.” He said several who stood in line at ...