Light pillars have been observed across West Michigan during the night. Cold temperatures and snow flurries help create this ...

We're now just past the midpoint of astronomical winter — that moment marking the midway point between December's winter solstice and March's vernal equinox. That moment took place at 4:11 p.m.

More and more, mountain snow in the Mount Everest region is vanishing into thin air. The snow line on Mount Everest's ...

Yanick Ueltschi of Switzerland teamed up with two local Pakistanis to try the 7,795m peak. But crevasses slowed them down, ...

From glamping to bungee jumping, the country’s high-adrenaline attractions are increasingly open to all ...

The GLIMS initiative has created a unique glacier inventory, storing information about the extent and rates of change of all the world's mountain glaciers and ice caps. The GLIMS Glacier Database was ...

On our team’s last day at Kilbourne Hole, we were joined by retired astronaut Harrison “Jack” Schmitt, the lunar module pilot for Apollo 17. He is the only professional geologist to have walked on the ...

Interest in Utah’s five national parks rebounded in 2024 to the highest levels since a record-breaking surge in visitation in 2021. Over 11.1 million visited Utah’s “Mighty 5” last year, marking a 5% ...

The Virgin River flows through through Zion National Park on Oct. 14, 2020. The southern Utah park jumped back to the top of the state's most-visited national parks in 2024 and may have been the ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Interest in Utah's five national parks rebounded in 2024 to the highest levels since a record-breaking surge in visitation in 2021. Over 11.1 million visited Utah's "Mighty 5 ...