Torreys Peak is ranked variously as the 11th or 12th highest summit in Colorado and is less than 200 feet shorter than the ...

Understand how high altitude affects baking and cooking. Learn why cakes don't brown well and why extra flour is needed.

Doctors attributed their uneasiness to high-altitude sickness, likely caused by a sudden shift from the scorching heat of the plains—where temperatures crossed 40°C—to Shimla’s much cooler climate, ...

The root cause for why this breakdown occurred is now the subject of a multi-agency, multi-country investigation led by ...

In extreme cases, a runway could simply be too short to accommodate the heaviest planes in the hottest weather. One study ...

It’s no secret that summer is knocking at our door. With temperatures rising into the mid to upper-90s here in Southern Colorado, we’re going to be sweating. But sweating ...

Rain threatens NASCAR's first Mexico City race, adding strategy, drama, and unpredictability to a historic weekend at ...

This story is the first article of a two-part Mongabay mini-series exploring possible climate futures. Read Part One.

An Air India jet flying from Ahmedabad to London crashed shortly after takeoff into a fireball with 242 people aboard.

In just over 20 years, the northward shift of the subtropical jet stream—a high-altitude airflow—caused by climate change has ...

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