We have all heard stories about how weather affects our mood. As someone who wishes to move to the Promised Land (Southern California) and who hails from sunny Lebanon but who has resided in cold and ...

A strip of cool water stretches west from South America along the equator, helping set the pace for some of the planet’s most important weather swings. That Pacific “cold tongue” helps steer the El ...

Atmospheric scientists trying to pin down how clouds curb the amount of sunlight available to warm the earth have found that it depends on the wavelength of sunlight being measured. This unexpected ...

Summer is upon us again. Sunlight and warm temperatures encourage us to be outside, soaking in those lovely rays, especially after a long, cold, and gray winter. Studies have shown that exposure to ...

Over the last two decades researchers have tried to untangle a tricky question: can modest sun exposure reduce the risk of certain internal cancers while also increasing the risk of skin cancers?

It's summertime for another few weeks, despite the common assumption that Labor Day brings summer's end. But this weekend still frequently brings the last chance to hit the beach or the pool, or to ...