You may have noticed that meteorologists and climatologists define seasons differently from “regular” or astronomical spring, summer, fall, and winter. So, why do meteorological and astronomical ...

Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have watched our planet's seasons from space and discovered that spring ...

Astronomically speaking this is the date and time of the Winter Solstice for the Northern Hemisphere and the Summer Solstice ...

The winter solstice falls on Dec. 21 in the Northern Hemisphere, marking the shortest day and longest night of the year. It ...

For winter, the start date usually falls on December 21 or 22, but every so often, it can sneak in as early as the 20th or as ...

After years of little snow across the Chicago area, recent record-breaking snowfall and below-freezing temperatures might seem to contradict scientific reports of winters getting warmer. But climate ...

For those north of the equator, the solstice on Sunday, Dec. 21, marks the shortest day and longest night of the year. During ...

Zion National Park is one of the most breathtaking landscapes in the American Southwest, known for its towering sandstone ...