A high of 38.1C has been recorded in Kew Gardens, surpassing the previous record of 38C set on June 28 in Norfolk, the Met Office said. It makes today the UK's fifth hottest day on record, according ...

UNIVERSITY professor of urban and regional planning Michelle Mycoo has died. There were no immediate details yesterday as to when she died or funeral arrangements.

It’s a safe bet many Southern Californians have looked around our burn-scarred, bone-dry landscape recently and quietly formed a climate change Plan B. Perhaps you were hoping to inch your way north, ...

Our research suggests it is not simply because other people have different beliefs. It is because we think those beliefs are mistaken. For example, two people may disagree about the ideal level of ...

Marathon organizers are adjusting to warmer race conditions caused by climate change. Many races are shifting dates, starting earlier or offering shorter runs.

There is a nearly 70% chance that the building Super El Niño will be the strongest such event on record, according to a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration forecast released Thursday.

President Donald Trump's handling of repairs at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has put the National Park Service in a difficult spot. Critics say Trump demands including revising park ...

Scientists have deliberately turned male mouse embryos into females for the first time. A team based in Japan used a CRISPR-based approach to remove the Y chromosome from male cells and create female ...

A record-breaking stretch of high temperatures late last month was Colorado’s worst heat wave in the 75 years that such records have been collected, state climatologists said Tuesday.

A tiny fossil overlooked for decades at La Brea Tar Pits has turned out to belong to a species previously unknown to science.

A recent Supreme Court verdict seeks stricter implementation of waste management rules. To do that, India needs to get waste segregation and verification consistently right.