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If You’re Eating Icicles, You’re Eating Bird Poop

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If You’re Eating Icicles, You’re Eating Bird Poop

12 Toasty Tips for Staying Warm in Cold Weather

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12 Toasty Tips for Staying Warm in Cold Weather

Tired of Shoveling Snow? Try Rolling It

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Tired of Shoveling Snow? Try Rolling It

What's the Difference Between a Snowstorm and a Blizzard?

Blizzards and snowstorms have some things in common.

What's the Difference Between a Snowstorm and a Blizzard?

What Is a Bomb Cyclone?

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Why You Shouldn’t 'Heat Up' Your Car's Engine In Cold Weather

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How African Dust Storms Create the Caribbean’s Beautiful Beaches—and Protect Them from Hurricanes

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What Exactly Is a Gigafire?

Wildfires have reached historic proportions this year.

Norwegians May Hold the Secret to Braving a Winter Lockdown

Some people can change their winter mindset.

Did the Northern Lights Play a Role in the Sinking of the Titanic? A New Paper Says It’s Possible

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Smoke From the West Coast Wildfires Has Been Reported As Far Away As the Netherlands

Smoke fills the sky on Harbor Island in Seattle, Washington on September 12, 2020.

5 Ways to Help Victims of the West Coast’s Wildfires

A wildfire near Shaver Lake, California, earlier this month.

Meet Asperitas, the Trendiest Addition to the Cloud Atlas

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New Expedition Will Explore the 1898 Shipwreck Known as ‘New England’s Titanic’—And You Can Livestream It

Blood stars and Acadian redfish lurk near plates and a stove from the Portland.

It Was 130 Degrees in Death Valley This Weekend—Likely the Hottest Temperature Recorded on Earth Since 1913

Death Valley National Park in California.

Climate Change vs. Global Warming: What's the Difference?

NASA captures a high altitude view of Alaska's Icy Bay in the Wrangell-Saint Elias Wilderness. Just a century ago, this body of water was covered in ice.