The cloud cover isn't what it used to be, and scientists say it is helping fuel Earth's hottest temperatures on record.

The United States satellite images displayed are infrared (IR) images. Warmest (lowest) clouds are shown in white ... sand and dust storms, snow cover, ice mapping, boundaries of ocean currents ...

A powerful storm system battered the U.S. Southeast, dumping up to 6 inches of rain over two days and causing widespread ...

It was so cold on Tuesday that cloud-detecting satellites think nearly all of Minnesota, the Dakotas and western Wisconsin ...

Temperatures briefly reached the double digits (above zero!) this afternoon despite the thicker cloud cover in place amid a weak passing weather system. This has tried to spit out a few flurries ...

NASA launched its PACE climate satellite with the Dutch aerosol instrument SPEXone onboard. A full year of observations now ...