The New Year would begin with our planet being closest to the sun, raising queries about the cold weather and no heat despite ...

How does the Earth’s orbit influence our daylight and temperatures? As the Earth orbits the sun, it spins around an axis – picture a stick going through the Earth, from the North Pole to the South ...

Earth reaches its closest point to the Sun in early January, a phenomenon known as perihelion. Despite this proximity, the ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - The Earth has seasons due to the tilt of Earth's axis, which is a line through the south to north pole. The Earth's axis tilts towards and away from the Sun's rays as it travels in a ...

Humans pumping groundwater has a substantial impact on the tilt of Earth’s rotation. Additionally, a new study documents just how much of an influence groundwater pumping has on climate change.

Try this experiment — all you need is a ball, pen, candle, match, protractor and a small rock. Draw a line bisecting the ball, top to bottom. Light the candle. Turn off the light. Holding the ball ...

Above the equator, winter officially begins in December. But in many areas, January is when it takes hold. Atmospheric scientist Deanna Hence explains the weather and climate factors that combine to ...

The length of daylight on the first day of winter beings to lengthen, an almost imperceptible 2 or 3 minutes each day, until ...

Scientists have long debated what causes glacial/interglacial cycles, which have occurred most recently at intervals of about 100,000 years. A new study reported in the March 24 issue of Nature finds ...