Many people in the wealthy neighbourhood of Brentwood have been told to leave, as the Palisades Fire spreads east.

China has conducted its first drone-assisted artificial snow-enhancement experiment in the Kunlun Mountains of Xinjiang.

A new study mapped continental groundwater flow, revealing that rain and snowmelt travel much farther and deeper underground than previously known. Over half of stream water comes from deep aquifers, ...

Calmer winds and higher humidity helped firefighters make progress Saturday battling an unprecedented fire siege that has ...

Firefighters in California are battling the fires from the sky using a variety of specialized aircraft that dump water and fire retardant onto the terrain below.

Think of it this way: the ground acts like a giant heat sink during the day. It absorbs heat from the sun, then releases it back into the air. But on a clear night, with no clouds to trap heat, the ...