NIWA report in full detail, region by region — The NIWA National Climate Centre’s outlook for summer, December 2011 to February 2012, indicates…
High in the Peruvian Andes, where it’s so dry and cold that very little vegetation grows, life depends on one…
They are the world’s cultural capitals, the nerve centers of innovation and the engine rooms of economic growth, but could…
A NASA spacecraft carrying a Mars rover was in “excellent health” Saturday more than two hours after it began its…
Air travelers usually are prepared for the occasional hectic and overcrowded flight. But all are hoping they’ll at least be…
The Australian government has announced plans to establish the world’s largest protected marine area in the Coral Sea. The proposed…
Flooding ravaged parts of southern Thailand yesterday, with residents there joining their countrymen in Bangkok and beyond struggling with the…
A Canadian town has found itself overrun with polar bears migrating from the North. The problem has become so severe…
Video footage taken earlier this year shows the power of a microburst and also shelter from fierce conditions is also…
The Summary for Policymakers of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) report on extreme weather events, released overnight, concludes…