Triple digit temperatures are cooking vast areas of America under an intense and nearly historic heat dome, with places that haven't seen such extremes for more than a decade breaking records.

(The Conversation) – A heat dome occurs when a persistent region of high pressure traps heat over an area. The heat dome can stretch over several states and linger for days to weeks, leaving the ...

OPELIKA, Ala. (WTVM) - Much of the Southeast is under a heat warning, Alabama and Georgia are included, due to a Heat Dome that will be making things hotter and muggier over the weekend and into next ...

Using satellite imagery, researchers have discovered that nearly 5% of Oregon and Washington’s western forest canopy — about the size of Rhode Island — was scorched and damaged in the multi-day 2021 ...

Let’s take a moment to think back to mid-summer, when we were all enjoying cooler temperatures than normal, cloudy skies, and unexpectedly extra rainfall. Although it was a welcome alternative to the ...

A study from Oregon State University and the U.S. Forest Service found the four-day extreme heat event scorched more than 1,000 square miles of tree canopy Using satellite imagery, researchers have ...

A study from Oregon State University and the U.S. Forest Service found the four-day extreme heat event scorched more than 1,000 square miles of tree canopy. Using satellite imagery, researchers have ...

A mixed stand of Douglas-fir and western hemlock scorched near Seaside, Oregon following the 2021 heat dome. (Photo by Gabriela Ritokova/Oregon State University) Using satellite imagery, researchers ...