About half of the oxygen we breathe comes from terrestrial plant life, such as forests and grasslands, while the other half ...

Satellite data has enabled researchers at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to develop a new way to measure ocean depth. The technique, which uses imagery captured by the Landsat program, works ...

This week, Japan announced that a U.S. aircraft carrier will arrive at its home port near Tokyo in mid-to-late November for ...

Night - Cloudy. Winds from ESE to SE at 6 to 7 mph (9.7 to 11.3 kph). The overnight low will be 45 °F (7.2 °C). Cloudy with a high of 55 °F (12.8 °C) and a 40% chance of precipitation. Winds ...

Most of us know about El Nino, an unusual warming of the central and eastern parts of the equatorial Pacific Ocean. This ...

Mostly sunny with a high of 51 °F (10.6 °C). Winds from NNE to NE at 11 to 14 mph (17.7 to 22.5 kph). Night - Partly cloudy. Winds from NE to ENE at 9 to 11 mph (14.5 to 17.7 kph). The overnight ...

One of the most beautiful train journeys in the US, the Coast Starlight’s route unspools along the Pacific Ocean from Los Angeles via Sacramento to Seattle. With miles of coastline, towering mountain ...

After a year of planning and just after Labor Day, we headed back “home” to visit our native state, re-connect with friends ...

Thousands of ships loaded with oil were sunk during the fierce sea battles of the Second World War. That means they’ve been ...

Donald Trump wins the Presidential Election in the key swing state of North Carolina, picking up the 16 Electoral College ...

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