Wildfires used to 'go to sleep' at night. Climate change has them burning overtime

WASHINGTON (AP) — Burning time for North American wildfires is going into overtime. Flames are lasting later into the night and starting earlier in the morning because human-caused climate change is extending the hotter and drier conditions that feed fires, a new study found.
Fires used to die down or even die out at night as temperatures dropped and humidity increased, but that's happening less often. The number of hours in North America when the weather is favorable for wildfires is 36% higher than 50 year

7-ton meteor identified as likely cause of boom heard across Ohio

An asteroid weighing about 7 tons and traveling at 45,000 miles per hour zoomed over multiple states and lit up the sky as a meteor Tuesday morning, causing a loud boom that some residents mistook for an explosion, officials said.
NASA said eyewitnesses from 10 states, Washington, D.C., and the Canadian province of Ontario reported seeing the "bright fireball" moments before 9 a.m. ET. The National Weather Service office in Pittsburgh shared an employee's video of the meteor arcing across the sky.
Witnesses in Ohio, New Yor

Cognizant Classic: Third round tee times moved up due to weather

PALM BEACH GARDENS — The Cognizant Classic in the Palm Beaches is moving up its tee times for Saturday’s third round at PGA National due to thunderstorms forecasted to move into the area late afternoon.
The first groups are off at 7:28 a.m. and the leaders will go off at 9:40 a.m. The tournament will send the players out in threesomes off the 1st and 10th tees. The chance of showers is 50 percent at 1 p.m. and there is a better than 60 percent chance of thunderstorms at 5 p.m.
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Bears vs. Rams weather updates: How frigid Chicago forecast could make for one...

Bears vs. Rams weather updates: How frigid Chicago forecast could make for one of coldest NFL playoff games originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
Just like every January, cold weather will influence the rest of the 2026 NFL playoffs. The Rams will travel from sunny California to the Windy City to face the Chicago Bears Sunday in the divisional round.
A major aspect of Sunday night’s divisional round game will be the forecast, which anticipates

Daytona 500 viewer's guide

The 68th Daytona 500 will officially kick off the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season on Sunday. The iconic race at the 2.5-mile oval in Daytona Beach, Florida, begins at 1:30 p.m. ET (moved up an hour due to weather in the forecast) and will be televised on Fox.
Here’s everything you need to know ahead of the race, as NASCAR has made significant changes to its championship format ahead of the season.
William Byron is attempting to be the first driver to win three consecutive Daytona 500s.
Just six drivers have won at least three Daytona 500s and none of them ever wo

A bomb cyclone is headed for the Southeast: What to expect and when

Forecasters are warning that another winter storm will slam parts of the East Coast this weekend — bringing heavy snow, blizzard conditions and coastal flooding — and that it will strengthen into a bomb cyclone. The National Weather Service has issued winter storm warnings and winter weather advisories for southern Virginia, parts of West Virginia, eastern Kentucky, eastern Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia.
In North Carolina, parts of the state could see their heaviest snow in decades, while potentiall

Death toll from winter storm rises to 29, with another arctic blast looming

Many in the U.S. faced another night of below-freezing temperatures and no electricity after a colossal winter storm heaped more snow Monday on the Northeast and kept parts of the South coated in ice. At least 30 deaths were reported in states afflicted with severe cold.
Deep snow — over a foot (30 centimeters) extending in a 1,300-mile (2,100-kilometer) swath from Arkansas to New England — halted traffic, canceled flights and triggered wide school closures Monday. The National Weather Service said areas north of P

Who's up for a late-night rocket launch? A rocket from Florida is scheduled to lift off Tuesday night.
Using its Falcon 9, ****** eX plans to send a Lockheed Martin-built GPS satellite into orbit.
Though rockets here launch from NASA's Kennedy ****** e Center or Cape Canaveral ****** e Force Station, people from Volusia County can sometimes see this phenomenon.
Weather permitting and depending on cloud cover and trajectory, a rocket launch from Florida’s ****** e Coast could be visible as far north as Jacksonville Beach and as far south as West Palm Beach.
When there’s a launch window in t

Climate change is shifting the weather patterns of Earth in ways that are far-reaching and long-lasting, and a new study details a noticeable rise in extreme weather events in the Arctic, prompted by rising global temperatures.
The study, from an international team of researchers who ****** yzed decades of data, declares that a "new era" of extreme weather events is now underway in the northernmost region of the planet.
It's a major move into unprecedented climate conditions, the researchers say, likely to have a significant impact on Arctic plants and wildlife, and on the people who call th

Several US-based Bitcoin (BTC) mining pools have curtailed operations in response to extreme winter weather that strained electricity grids across the country.
The reductions came as an Arctic cold snap brought subfreezing temperatures across large parts of the United States.
According to TheMinerMag, 2 major Bitcoin mining pools serving North America collectively cut over 110 exahashes per second (EH/s) of hashrate in late January 2026.
Foundry USA, the world’s largest Bitcoin mining pool, saw a sharp drop in hashrate. It fell from nearly 340 EH/s to around 242 EH/s late last week.
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Forecasters warn of 'dangerous travel and infrastructure impacts' for days

A massive winter storm dumped sleet, freezing rain and snow across much of the U.S. on Sunday, bringing subzero temperatures and halting air and road traffic. Tree branches and power lines snapped under the weight of ice, and hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses in the Southeast were left without electricity.
The ice and snowfall were expected to continue into Monday followed by very low temperatures which could cause “dangerous travel and infrastructure impacts” for days, the National Weather Service said.

'Icequakes' possible across Midwest. What is the loud phenomenon?

Locals across the Midwest, particularly in Greater Chicago, may hear a sudden "boom" over the weekend – the result of what meteorologists call a frost quake, a weather phenomenon that takes place when temperatures plummet and groundwater freezes quickly.
More than 210 million people in the United States are under cold weather advisories, as a major winter storm is forecast to spread heavy snow, sleet and dangerous ice across at least two dozen states starting on Friday, Jan. 23, and continuing into the weekend.
Frost quakes

Minnesota holds economic strike to protest ICE presence

Hundreds of businesses in Minnesota closed on Friday and thousands of protesters turned out in severely cold weather to demonstrate against the ongoing immigration crackdown in the state.
The widespread rallies come after organisers encouraged residents to skip work or school and refrain from shopping in a show of opposition to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
The ICE operation ordered by the Trump administration in Minnesota has been going on for more than six weeks.
The administration has characterised it as a public

Researchers have made a troubling discovery about Arctic weather patterns and predict that bigger problems could be on the way.
According to a paper published in Science Advances, researchers from the Finnish Meteorological Institute, along with an international team including the University of Sheffield, studied 70 years of atmospheric data around the Arctic and found a disturbing trend over the last 30 years.
They found that as our planet warmed, and the Arctic in particular warmed over the last three decades, the frequency of "bioclimatic extremes" increased. These events included drought

Snow is both fun and disruptive. It's also a provider of several environmental benefits, according to weather experts.
The white stuff helps regulate the Earth’s temperature, replenishes water resources when it melts and supports diverse ecosystems, according to the National Weather Service.
Here's a deeper dive into snow's environmental impacts:
Beneath just a foot of snow, the soil and organisms are protected from changes in the air temperature above the surface, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center.
Snow helps insulate the ground below, holding in heat and preventing moist

Snow is both fun and disruptive. It's also a provider of several environmental benefits, according to weather experts.
The white stuff helps regulate the Earth’s temperature, replenishes water resources when it melts and supports diverse ecosystems, according to the National Weather Service.
Here's a deeper dive into snow's environmental impacts:
Beneath just a foot of snow, the soil and organisms are protected from changes in the air temperature above the surface, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center.
Snow helps insulate the ground below, holding in heat and preventing moist

Detailed measurements collected in metropolitan Tel Aviv, Israel, have revealed how the ebb and flow of traffic throughout the week affects the electric field generated by Earth's atmosphere.
Led by researchers from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel, the study used an electric field mill deployed in the city of Holon in 2024, matching its results with air quality data over a period of seven months. Only measurements from fair weather days were included to filter out interference from rain and storms.
A number of specific pollutants were tracked, including gases and particles from

Peak District tree saplings killed by drought

This year's extreme weather has caused two in every five newly-planted tree saplings at sites in the Peak District to "fail", the National Trust has said.
The East Midlands experienced almost five months of drought after England's driest start to the year since 1976 and the hottest summer on record.
The conservation charity said it was aiming to plant more than a million trees in the Peak District over the next decade and usually factors in losing about 10-15% per year.
Craig Best, general Manager for the National Trust in the Peak District,

Storm threatens to upend plans on 1 of busiest travel days of holiday season

More than 30 million people are under winter weather alerts across the Midwest and Northeast early this week with another storm threatening to upend travelers’ plans on what is expected to be one of the busiest travel days this holiday season.
At least 2 million people are under blizzard warnings in the Midwest, where winds could gust from 40 to 60 mph. Those wind gusts could blow heavy snow around, reducing visibility to less than a quarter of a mile in many warning areas.
More than 5,000 flights within, into or

Storm could bring up to 11 inches of snow to NY, NJ: Snowfall amounts, advisories, alerts

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An incoming snowstorm could bring up to 12 inches across parts of the Tri-State Area, bringing hazardous travel conditions and bitter cold temperatures heading into the weekend.
The National Weather Service has issued winter storm warnings and winter weather advisories for parts of New York City, New Jersey and Long Island as a quick-moving but powerful system sweeps through the Northeast Friday into early Saturday.
New Jersey and parts of New York are under states of emergency due to the

States of emergency declared as winter storm hits 50 million across the Northeast

A strong winter storm barreled into the Northeast on Friday night, dumping snow and crippling travel plans across major airport hubs and interstates along the I-95 corridor.
State of emergency announcements are in place for New Jersey and some areas of New York as over 50 million Americans are impacted by the storm.
From New York City to Philadelphia, winter weather alerts are still scattered across the region, as the powerful storm has unleashed dangerous conditions for one of the busiest holiday travel wee

Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have watched our planet's seasons from **** e and discovered that spring, summer, winter, and fall are surprisingly out of sync.
Just because two places exist in the same hemisphere, at similar altitudes, or at the same latitude doesn't guarantee they'll experience the same seasonal changes at the same time.
Even regions that are side by side can experience different weather and ecological patterns, sculpting wildly different neighboring habitats.
Related: Scientists Detected Signs of a Structure Hiding Inside Earth's Core
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The calendar has moved into December, and that means greater potential for inclement weather when it comes to NFL games, especially in the Northeast and Midwest. We've already seen snow and wind having an impact in certain contests, so those interested in NFL betting will need to check out the forecast for these Week 14 games in particular before making wagers.
It's expected to be a clear day, but the main angle here is the Dolphins and their struggles in cold weather. The temperature is expected to be in the mid to upper 30s, which is not good for Miami. The Jets are coming off a nice home w

Minnesota’s largest city was briefly colder than Mars last month.
A late-November cold snap in Minneapolis sent temperatures tumbling 10 degrees below the historical average, AccuWeather meteorologist Brian Lada explained.
High temperatures were in the mid-to-upper 20s, marking the coldest stretch for the city’s nearly 430,000 residents since February.
But on the Red Planet, some 225 million miles away, NASA’s Curiosity rover measured daytime highs of around 30 degrees Fahrenheit.
However, conditions changed dramatically after sunset.

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A triple whammy polar vortex is coming. Will your state feel the chill?

Three rounds of cold Arctic air from a shifting polar vortex are expected to plunge much of the central and eastern U.S. into a cold snap in the coming weeks, meteorologists say. The first wave of the triple whammy of winter weather is happening this week.
“The week will end with some of the coldest air of the season so far, as a front advances from the Midwest into the Northeast and mid-Atlantic,” said Renee Duff, AccuWeather senior meteorologist.
Meteorologists forecast two more blasts of frigid temperatures for mil

Winter storm set to blast the Midwest to Northeast. Here's how much snow to expect.

Another winter storm is expected to bring more snow to the Midwest, further affecting holiday travel that was already disrupted by weather in the region. The storm is then forecast to head for the Northeast, bringing a mix of snow and ice early this week.
The storm will span nearly two dozen states, from Kansas to Maine. As of Monday, over 75 million people in the U.S. are under some form of active winter weather alert, according to the National Weather Service.
Here’s what to expect in each region as the

From nature to architecture, Italian photographer Valter Binotto specializes in many forms of photography, but some of his favorite scenes seem to capture weather and the night sky. On Nov. 17, he snapped an exceedingly rare snapshot of a type of upper-atmospheric lightning called an "ELVES."
The word is actually an acronym of "emission of light and very low frequency perturbations due to electromagnetic pulse sources." What that means is that an ELVES is a quick-flash form of lightning that forms in the upper atmosphere, above intense lightning storms.
Intense-enough lightning can create el

Millions are under winter storm watch as potential Nor'easter approaches

A post-Thanksgiving blitz of winter weather that started with the season's first significant winter storm in much of the Midwest will continue into the first few days of December, as a new snowstorm takes shape and spans nearly two dozen states from Kansas to Maine, warn AccuWeather meteorologists.
The storm is expected to bring the first widespread accumulating snow of the season to much of the Northeast on Tuesday, just a day after many parts of the Midwest will experience their second covering of snow in as many da

Flies are always a nuisance around the house, but the New World screwworm fly is far more than just a pest. And now, history may be close to repeating itself. Chief Meteorologist Mike LaPoint has the details.
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Researchers in Spain have made a breakthrough that helps plants resist drought more effectively than their natural defenses.
According to HortiDaily, a team of researchers led by the Spanish National Research Council has developed a molecule called inverted cyanobactin (iCB) that mimics the plant hormone that regulates drought resistance, abscisic acid.
Extreme weather conditions like drought are threatening the global food supply, and the situation will only get worse as the planet continues to overheat.
According to the World Resources Institute, about 34% of global crop production — near