Sure, we've all heard of the urban heat island effect, where cities are hotter than surrounding rural areas. Now scientists have discovered a similar urban "rain island effect," where cities appear to ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — As extreme weather events have hit the world hard in recent years, one meteorology term — atmospheric rivers — has made the leap from scientific circles to common language, ...

Oct. 9 (UPI) --A new observational study published Wednesday of more than 100 million deaths from all causes across all six continents over four decades has found a heightened mortality risk among ...

The massive OLYMPEX research project in the Olympic Mountains has just been completed, and wow, did they pick the perfect autumn and winter to conduct a rain study! Shannon O'Donnell has been involved ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WASHINGTON (AP) — As extreme weather events ...

WASHINGTON — As extreme weather events have hit the world hard in recent years, one meteorology term — atmospheric rivers — has made the leap from scientific circles to common language, particularly ...