Fire broke out in the Grampians National Park (Gariwerd) in December and raged for weeks. Then lightning strikes ignited ...

Mudslides are dangerous torrents that are usually referred to by geologists and first responders as debris flows. They have been particularly lethal in parts of California where landscape, climate, we ...

Avian influenza (AI) is a highly contagious viral disease affecting poultry and wild water birds, posing significant global challenges due to its high mortality rates and economic impacts. Highly ...

By Kristine Sabillo More than half of the tree cover in Pacific atolls is largely composed of “abandoned and overgrown” colonial-era coconut palm plantations, reveal satellite images in a study ...

Pippo Agosto trained in biology but has always been interested in history. His fascination with Chinese graves led to the ...

Watch Duty proved indispensable during the recent LA wildfires. John Mills, the app’s creator, wants it to be the one place ...

Orange County communities built on hillsides are preparing for a powerful winter storm to move through Southern California. Sandbags and tarps have been laid out in some areas to protect slopes from ...

Around this time every year in Prior Lake, lakeside residents are deputized as lookouts. Their job: to keep an eye on the surface of the lake. “We do use volunteers for this program,” Jamie ...

A recent executive order by California Gov. Gavin Newsom aims to ramp up fire safety in urban areas as new maps released by ...

Valentine's Day often conjures images of chocolates and romance. But the crop behind this indulgence faces an existential ...

As Melbourne sweltered through another scorching day, we tested the temperature on a footpath with no tree canopy. The ...

The following is an excerpt from a recent article on the Weather West Blog.  California's extraordinary precipitation dipole has persisted into mid-Feb with only slight attenuation Well, it has ...