1+ hour, 59+ min ago   (489+ words) Snowfall on the Virginia Eastern Shore in February 2020. Credit: Miaya Dennis A major Arctic air mass is forecast to descend southward through the Plains, Great Lakes, and into the Southeast and East beginning late Friday, January 30. According to the National…...

3+ hour, 39+ min ago   (237+ words) A series of multi-vehicle collisions involving about 50 vehicles shut down sections of Highway 401 in eastern Ontario, Canada, on the morning of January 27, 2026, according to the Ontario Provincial Police. The crashes occurred near Trenton in Quinte West, forcing a full closure…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (860+ words) A new atmospheric study combines advanced chemical and hydrodynamic simulations to probe the deep atmosphere of Jupiter, providing new constraints on its oxygen content and revealing that vertical circulation inside the planet is far slower than long assumed. Gigantic storms…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (397+ words) Snow removal at Toronto Pearson airport on January 25, 2026. Credit: Toronto Pearson A strong low-pressure system passed south of the Great Lakes on Sunday, January 25, producing a large snowstorm across much of southern Ontario. The system brought prolonged heavy snowfall, strong…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (580+ words) A study of deep-sea sediments offshore the Pacific Northwest," published in Science Advances on January 14, 2026, shows that repeated megathrust earthquakes along the Cascadia subduction zone triggered widespread submarine landslides over the past ~7 500 years, leaving a detailed geological record preserved on…...

1+ week, 18+ hour ago   (757+ words) Multi-ignition wildfires " fires that begin from multiple ignition points and later merge " were shown to drive a disproportionate share of extreme fire damage, according to a study published this month in Science Advances. Image credit: Live Storms Media Multi-ignition wildfires…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (872+ words) A new seismic study shows that swarms of tiny, low-frequency earthquakes beneath the Mendocino Triple Junction off Northern California reveal a previously unrecognized configuration of hidden faults and slab fragments, according to research published on January 15, 2026. The research shows that…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (515+ words) An Arctic cold wave is moving across Europe as a persistent Greenland block redirects polar air southward. Forecast models show temperature anomalies between "10C and "15C (14F and 5F) at 850 hPa with extensive snow cover developing over much of the continent, with heavy snow…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (647+ words) Record-breaking King Tides struck the San Francisco Bay Area and parts of the Northern California coast on Friday and Saturday, January 2-3, 2026, causing widespread coastal flooding across multiple counties. Tide gauges across the region recorded water levels up to 0.76 m (2.5 feet)…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (427+ words) At least two people were killed after a strong M6.5 earthquake hit Guerrero on January 2, 2026. Meanwhile, 17 people were injured as hundreds of homes were reportedly destroyed or damaged across Mexico due to the tremors and subsequent landslides. Over 1 000 aftershocks have been…...