As global temperatures continue to rise, heat waves are becoming more frequent and severe. Worldwide, communities that face conflict and crisis are hit hardest—with nearly 500,000 heat-related deaths ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Meteorologists are constantly monitoring "tropical waves," but what exactly is a tropical wave and why are they watched so closely? We know from experience tropical waves seem to precipitate tropical ...

Pull up the National Hurricane Center's daily map this week and you’ll see that no tropical cyclone activity is expected within the next seven days as the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season kicks off on ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- We have another question to answer, and this one has to deal with some very interesting clouds. Ray C. took a picture just outside of Uniontown, Pennsylvania, where you can see ...

This week’s dire weather forecasts, and public safety warnings, are filled with some unfamiliar terms and abbreviations. Here are a few and what they mean, per the National Weather Service, UCLA and ...

Tsunami means “harbor wave” in Japanese, but they differ from other waves that are generated by the wind or solar system. Tsunami waves move the entire depth of the ocean, down to the floor, which is ...

In 2023, physicists were awed to find nearly imperceptible ripples in the fabric of space and time — united as an entity known as spacetime. They were ripples discovered in association with ...

Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology Rogue waves have captivated the attention of both seafarers and scientists for decades. These are giant, ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...