When it comes to global warming and climate change, we often hear news stories about tipping points where Earth's systems shift into a new and dangerous state. One such may have been reached in the ...

In the early 1990s, Keith Willmott and a friend, both undergraduate students from the United Kingdom, arrived in Ecuador with ...

Nokaen was a tropical storm in the Philippine Sea Saturday evening Philippine Time, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center said in its latest advisory.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Channel 9 is monitoring an active tropical system south of Florida. The National Hurricane Center confirmed Tropical Storm Melissa ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Conditions remain quiet in the tropics, with no activity expected for the next seven days, according to the National Hurricane ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Tropical Storm Melissa was nearly stationary in the central Caribbean on Friday, with forecasters warning it could soon strengthen and brush past Jamaica as a powerful ...

A tropical storm swirling in the Caribbean is on track to explode into a major hurricane — and while its path remains unclear, forecasters warn the East Coast could be hit with torrential rain and ...

Beyond direct injuries, exposure to tropical cyclones is associated with higher risks of death across a range of causes including kidney, heart and lung diseases, neuropsychiatric conditions, and ...

Scientists found a tropical vine that changed its flowers without losing its pollinators, revealing a more flexible path to plant evolution.

New research shows ancient tropical oceans once held more oxygen than cooler regions, reshaping where early life could survive and evolve.