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Thawing permafrost and carbon-rich runoff from Canada\u2019s Mackenzie River is triggering part of the Arctic Ocean to release more carbon dioxide (CO2) than it absorbs, a NASA study has found. The findings indicate a threat to the ocean which is considered once Earth's critical carbon sinks, absorbing as much as 180 million metric tons of carbon per year \u2013 more than three times what New York City emits annually. Scientists have for decades studied how carbon cycles

Many of Maine's 66 lighthouses were open for public tours Saturday.

Many of Maine's 66 lighthouses were open for public tours Saturday.

The damp, unsettled weather is slated to continue all week as one of the rainiest Junes on record comes to an end.

Portland, Maine, placed higher than any other place in New England in a 2023-24 ranking of 150 Best Places to Live released today.

Blue skies were smiling and bluebirds were singing for Irving Berlin, but blue is actually nature's rarest color. Blue flowers are less than 10% of the world's 300,000 flowering plant species. Even some of the few animals and plants that look blue don't actually contain the color. Blue jays and Morpho butterflies, for example, have developed unique features that distort the reflection of light to appear blue. Humanity has been obsessed with blue for thousands of years, from ancie...

A monster winter storm is taking aim at the Upper Midwest, threatening blizzard conditions, bitter cold and 2 feet of snow in a three-day onslaught.

The arctic blast set a record-setting wind chill of minus 108 degrees Fahrenheit on the summit of Mount Washington in New Hampshire

A record-setting wind chill of 108 degrees below zero was seen on the summit of Mount Washington in New Hampshire, the National Weather Service said.

The arctic blast set a record-setting wind chill of minus 108 degrees Fahrenheit on the summit of Mount Washington in New Hampshire