The Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains show us where Earth came from. They reveal how continents grew, how oceans formed, how the ...

Nor'easters are large-scale low-pressure systems that have strong northeast winds, which give them their name. They form most often this time of year—fall and winter—due to a large temperature ...

"Disasters” happen on the human level, and it depends on how governments prepare for emergencies and mobilize emergency response units ...

Did you know you could go skiing in Missouri this winter? At Hidden Valley Ski Resort in Eureka, Missouri just outside of St.

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This week in our the Boston Globe Weather Mailbag, we take a closer look at rain totals and whether the ski industry will see ...

A long-unsolved case of geological assault might now be resolved, thanks to the efforts of two University graduates. For years, geologists have been mystified by the formation of the Rocky Mountains, ...

The massive Olympus Mons volcano on Mars—one of the solar system’s highest peaks—may have towered above a Martian ocean in the distant past, a new study suggests. The research identifies an escarpment ...

Loud public uproar and bipartisan criticism followed, and a fraction of the agency’s positions were reinstated. That came only after a West Virginia coal miner diagnosed with black lung sued. A ...

Tucked into the magnificent Sierra Nevada mountains, Truckee presents itself like a living, breathing postcard – complete with a historic downtown that looks straight out of a Western film, air so ...

Pine Mountain State Resort Park is in the southeast of Kentucky and three hours’ drive from the state’s largest city ...

No one is exactly sure how the tectonic plates formed, but one theory posits that the were shattered from within by the ...