SAPPORO, Japan — Ocean winds whip across the beaches, hillsides and sprawling plains of Hokkaido. There’s enough wind energy here for Japan’s northernmost island to power itself and export ...

He learns where the waves were created by the wind, the strength of the wind that ... as if by sorcery. Evenings, the sun before it set was a pale silver disc hung in the ship's rigging, the ...

Sunburn is caused by damage from UV rays from the sun. However, windburn and sunburn often go hand-in-hand—the wind erodes the top layer of your skin, leaving the exposed areas more vulnerable ...

Wind is generated by uneven pressure in the atmosphere, which is caused by uneven heating by the Sun, land, and oceans. The air closest to the ground is also the warmest, but warmer air rises ...

The idea that power should get cheaper as we get more green energy is only true if we exclusively used electricity when the sun is shining and the wind is blowing. But modern societies need power ...

The large golden aura is formed from the incoming light reflected off the sun-side of the occulter, a device that blocks the ...

Of the four stations, two, including Wu's, are not connected to the electricity grid, and rely on photovoltaic power ...

There are four primary weather conditions meteorologists like Rickey monitor during fire season and active wildfires: heat, ...

The sun doesn't just shine—it blows. A relentless stream of charged particles, known as the solar wind, surges outward at hundreds of kilometers per second, drenching Earth and the entire solar ...