While the West Coast will feel the soggy effects of an atmospheric river this week, the system won’t bring any moisture into drought-stricken Arizona. Parts of California and the Pacific ...

NOAA issued a special report identifying a spring melt cycle in the Pacific Northwest and elsewhere that it called “not ...

Why the West Coast Is Most Vulnerable The West Coast’s unique geography makes it a prime target for atmospheric rivers. The Pacific Ocean acts as a massive moisture source, and prevailing winds ...

U.S. Sen. Patty Murray pledges to block the $1.3 billion in cuts to NOAA, which would eliminate funding for the Pacific ...

EVERETT — Anna Kagley was working at a federal lab in Seattle in 1989 when the Exxon Valdez tanker spilled some 11 million gallons of crude oil in Alaska’s Prince William Sound. She removed ...

Hurricane Flossie strengthened overnight then weakened again Wednesday to a Category 2 hurricane off Mexico’s southwestern ...

A team of researchers is tapping into the ocean’s vast body of free-floating environmental DNA to catch blooms before they ...

From Medicaid and food stamps to cutting edge scientific research, this is what the tax cuts will cost the Tri-Cities.

Fentanyl-sniffing sensor outperforms dogs at border, detecting airborne drugs in seconds with pinpoint accuracy.

Extensive triple digit heat, broken temperature records and oppressive humidity piled up into a steaming mess as the heat dome crushing the Eastern half of the nation sizzled to what should be its ...

A broad area of weakly spinning low pressure could slowly consolidate and develop into a tropical storm along the ...

Actions by the Trump administration are putting wildfire response, water resources, natural lands and clean energy efforts in ...