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Sea turtle returned to ocean after front flipper amputed: Track her journey
An adolescent loggerhead sea turtle named Dilly Dally crawled into the Atlantic Ocean months after having a front flipper ...
Air Quality: What’s the AQI and how do you check it?
The U.S. Air Quality Index (AQI) is the Environmental Protection Agency’s tool for reporting outdoor air quality and health.
Canadian wildfire smoke causes ‘very unhealthy’ conditions in American Midwest and reaches Europe
Smoke from Canadian wildfires carried another day of poor air quality south of the border to the Midwest, where conditions in ...
Forecast: Partly cloudy and warmer with smoky skies
Friday Night: Scattered showers and thunderstorms during the evening then clouds scatter late. Winds: Northwest shifting ...
We just finished a cool, dry May in Chicagoland — with a dust storm, too. What will June bring?
The calendar switched to June 1 on Sunday, officially kicking off the three-month period of meteorological summer — June, ...
Weather Service rehiring at offices left ‘critically understaffed’ by layoffs
The National Weather Service (NWS) is seeking to hire 126 people, including at least some meteorologists, after massive ...
Forecast: High heat and hazy skies to start the week
We’ll see plenty of hazy sunshine around Chicagoland on Sunday, with inland highs in the low 70s and lakeside highs in the ...
Half of world’s population endured extra month of extreme heat due to climate change: Experts
Although floods and cyclones often dominate headlines, heat is arguably the deadliest extreme event,” the report said.
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LIVE: What to expect during the 2025 hurricane season
Today on Tracking the Tropics, our team of meteorologists will kick off our seventh season by breaking down what we can expect in the tropics this year. Watch live and join the conversation on the … ...