Why blizzards, heat waves, tornados and floods are all hitting the U.S. this week

Torrential rains have brought flash floods to Hawaii. Parts of the upper Midwest are blanketed in more than two feet of snow, ...
The Journal

Near-record warmth to settle in Montezuma County

This week across Montezuma County, it may feel more like May – a time for gardening, exercise or lounging outdoors – than ...

What are El Niño and La Niña, and how do they change the weather?

Global temperatures and rain patterns are affected by a climate phenomenon known as El Niño/La Niña.

Taking pressure off the lungs to alleviate pulmonary arterial hypertension

Pulmonary arterial hypertension, or PAH, is a rare and severe disease characterized by elevated blood pressure in the ...

Changing flight paths could slash aviation's climate impact

Small changes to aircraft flight paths to avoid the atmospheric conditions that create condensation trails—known as contrails ...

Scientists create a new state of matter at room temperature using light and nanostructures

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) have created a new and unusual state of matter—known as a supersolid—by ...
Houston Public Media

These UH professors broke a record for superconductivity. They say it could change how we transmit energy

Superconductivity is the ability to transmit energy without any resistance when an object is cooled to a certain temperature. For more than 30 years, that temperature was 220 degrees Fahrenheit below ...