The Triad forecast has also been impacted. Expect clouds to gradually increase and thicken on Wednesday. A more robust coastal low may bring rain inland into the southern Piedmont. Scattered showers ...

The downpours can be beneficial for drought-stricken areas, but too much rain may fall too fast and lead to flash urban ...

Dust carried across the Atlantic is one of the great wonders of the weather world. This is the most significant cloud so far ...

Saharan dust in the atmosphere is not uncommon this time of year. Saharan dust comes from the Sahara Desert, but that's only one part of the equation. To the south of the Sahara D ...

Known as the Sargasso Sea, sailors have crossed it for centuries, but few notice the border when they slip into glassy indigo ...

Why we wish you were here Because this is a place to go when you want to get away, but not all the way away. At least not all the way to Key West, another 80 miles south on US 1. Or to Aruba or ...

Credit: Tao Yuan and Shijie Zhong Melting glaciers 10,000 years ago sped up continental drift and volcanic activity ... the movement of the North American continent and the expansion of the Atlantic ...

Yuan and Zhong’s models indicate that between about 12,000 and 6,000 years ago, the North American plate may have increased its overall drift speed by roughly 25 percent. Even more striking was the ...

Graphic showing the Mid-Atlantic Ocean Ridge (red line ... (Image Credit: Tao Yuan and Shijie Zhong) Melting glaciers in North America 10,000 years ago may have given continental drift a bit of a push ...

Between about 12,000 to 6,000 years ago, spreading at the Mid-Atlantic Ocean Ridge, which sits between the North American and ... spreading and continental drift operate at timescales of millions ...

New research, however, suggests this drift can speed up or slow down ... have also affected the horizontal motion of North America and the Mid-Atlantic Ocean Ridge. The thaw may also have had ...