Scientists found new evidence that Earth’s crust is peeling underneath the Sierra Nevada in California. The process might be how the continents formed, they say.

A seasonal forecast released by the Climate Prediction Center on Thursday shows a warmer-than-average outlook for nearly ...

The Marlette Flume was hardly Nevada’s only 19th-century engineering wonder: the Silver State’s rise was built on ambitious ...

Water officials have raised concerns about anticipated water levels in Southern Nevada this summer, following a disappointing ...

Drought this spring has increased significantly across our region, with some states already hitting the highest levels.

On Monday, a winter storm was bringing heavy snow across the Sierra Nevada mountains and into the ... the warning said. A map of California shows where drivers are advised against taking detours ...

New data compiled by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows that large swaths of both California and Nevada are facing ... precipitation for the region. Temperatures, meanwhile ...

Northern Californians can breathe easy knowing the region is completely out of drought ... that plagued counties along the Oregon and Nevada borders in 2024, and almost all North State counties ...

Schulte-Pelkum was already studying the Sierra Nevada’s peculiar ... uses seismic waves to map Earth’s internal structure. The scientists found that in the central region of the mountain ...