Investigators are trying to determine what caused several wind-driven wildfires that have destroyed thousands of homes across the Los Angeles area in January 2025. Given the fires’ locations ...

The Great Lakes owe their existence to a hotspot that was active hundreds of millions of years ago, according to new research. This Cape Verde hotspot currently sits beneath the island nation in ...

Lake-effect snow typically happens when the lakes are ice-free and the water is still relatively warm. As winter drags on, presumably cooling the water and perhaps forming ice sheets, the ...