Vibrant art deco hotels along the Ocean Drive on a sunny day in Miami Beach, Florida. (Photo credit: Getty Images) Did you know that Miami and Orlando have different climates? Yes, while many ...

It's no secret that Phoenix is hot, but late summer and the start of fall were scorchers, even by Valley of the Sun standards. Between Sept. 23 and Oct. 14, Phoenix set daily record high temperatures ...

Earth's climate zones—the horizontal belts of different climates that encircle the planet—consist of tropical, dry, temperate, continental, and polar zones. These major climate zones exist thanks to ...

Weather and climate are both a part of atmospheric science, but they address different timescales. Weather is the state, or condition, of the atmosphere at a specific point in time (it’s raining today ...

The Golden State is one of only five regions in the world with a Mediterranean-type climate. By Soumya Karlamangla The skyline of San Francisco appears above the evening fog as the sun sets on the ...

Geothermal energy has been limited to places with subtera reservoirs of hot water. A new technology being proven in Utah is expanding it to exploit dry hot rock underground. A new type of climate ...