A recent study explains how warmer temperatures at the top of the planet destabilize the jet stream and allow colder air to travel south.

Across Kansas, 89 tornadoes were reported, more than double the 39 tornadoes counted in 2023."

Not every weather fluctuation is demonstrably affected by climate change. But the impact of the steady increase in global temperature is now detectable in many extreme weather events—and likely many of the more normal ones, too, says Justin Mankin, a climate scientist at Dartmouth College.

The year 2024 was the hottest year on record. For the first time the average global temperature rose to 1.6C above preindustrial levels, exceeding the 1.5C vital to preventing accelerating climate change.

Patrick Mahomes threw for 177 yards and a touchdown, Travis Kelce caught seven passes for 117 yards and the score and the Kansas City Chiefs beat the Houston Texans 23-14 to advance to the AFC champio

We asked our readers to make a wish for 2025. If even one of these wishes comes true, the world will definitely be a better place!

Thousands gather in Washington, D.C., for the People's March, advocating for reproductive rights, climate change and more ahead of Trump's inauguration.

People living "basically anywhere from the Rockies eastward" will see extremely cold temperatures over the next several days, a meteorologist says. That includes Kansas City, which is set to host a Chiefs playoffs game this weekend.

People living "basically anywhere from the Rockies eastward" will see extremely cold temperatures over the next several days, a meteorologist says.

Climate change threatens them ... from Manitoba down through the Dakotas, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas and into Mexico. It was the “Hundredth Meridian” — the 100th line of longitude ...

For Kansas, several policy challenges await. Like most states, Kansas funds the state’s roads and highways primarily with motor fuel taxes on gasoline and diesel, which in turns leverage federal matching funds, also generated with motor fuel taxes. EV drivers do not pay these taxes.

Worsening wildfires are hiking up home insurance rates in California, the biggest market in the U.S. And as climate disasters increase across the country, other states are feeling the pressure too.