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LIVERMORE, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 13: A view of dense fog over Interstate Highway 580 (I-580) and wind turbines in Livermore, California, United States on December 13, 2025. (Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Climate

What Is The Tule Fog, And Will It Ever Go Away?

Kelsey McKinney

very bright sun in the middle of cloudless blue sky

The Great Outdoors

Get Ready For Inside Week In America

Rachelle Hampton

Firefighters take a break from battling a series of brush fires on November 9, 2024 outside of Pompton Lakes, New Jersey.

It Was Too Warm This Week

Giri Nathan

Fans cool off in misters during Day Three of the 2024 US Open at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on August 28, 2024 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City.

Tennis

A Sweltering U.S. Open Inspires Many Ways To Stay Cool, Most Of Them Useless

Samer Kalaf

Patrick Mahomes of the Chiefs has a cracked helmet during Saturday's playoff game against the Dolphins.

Have You Heard? It Was Cold In Kansas City

Moments after disaster, when Bettio crashes.

Cycling

The Giro d’Italia Has Turned Into A Hazardous Slog

Barry Petchesky

BAY OF BISCAY, SPAIN: Tanker under dark clouds in The Bay of Biscay north of Santander in the Atlantic Ocean, Spain

Arts And Culture

Goodbye To Dark Sky, The Only Good Weather App

COMMERCE CITY, CO - MARCH 22: Fans of the United States national team cheer, wave a flag, and sing as snow falls during a FIFA 2014 World Cup Qualifier match between Costa Rica and United States at Dick's Sporting Goods Park on March 22, 2013 in Commerce City, Colorado. (Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images)

Soccer

There’s No Good Reason To Send The USMNT Into The Freezing North

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Chris Thompson

Infinite Replay: Riddick Bowe vs. Andrew Golata

Infinite Replay

The Low Blows, Billowing Bedsheets, And Huge Disgusting Poop Of July 11, 1996

Ray Ratto

A snow plow clears the field of snow before the start of a game between the Atlanta Falcons and the Buffalo Bills at Highmark Stadium on January 02, 2022 in Orchard Park, New York.

The Best Football Is Tundra Football

Lauren Theisen

What Can We Learn From A Football Game This Silly?

The roof of the stadium, during the storm.

Science

Impressive Bolts Victory Delayed By Impressive Bolts

Maitreyi Anantharaman

A woman rests and tans near a lake in the Bois de Boulogne near Paris, in June 1946, during a heat wave at the beginning of the 1946 summer.