A wind turbine that collapsed at Screggagh wind farm in Northern Ireland on Friday, Jan. 2, 2015. The seven others of the wind farm will remain off until an investigation provides a cause for the fall. (Niall Carson/Press Association via AP Images) What makes a massive wind turbine crumple like a flimsy piece of tin? That’s precisely what an investigation by one supplier will aim to determine, after a 260-foot-tall turbine in Northern Ireland collapsed without explanation Friday, Jan. 2,...

Tourists from all over the world flock toYellowstone's geothermal pools, like Morning Glory (seen above), to witness their brilliant hues. But according to a new study, those same visitors completely changed the pools' appearance. The study, by researchers from Montana State University, used a mathematical model to analyze measurements taken at geothermal pools across Yellowstone to reconstruct what the pools might have looked like before humans first set foot in the area. What they found at Morning Glory was stunning:...

The globe is on track for itswarmest year on record. But global average temperature watchers won't be the only ones feting record heat when the clock strikes midnight on Wednesday. Anumber of U.S. urban areas will also join in the record-setting festivities, while not a single major urban area will be raising a glass to record cold. In fact, it's been nearly 30 years since a major U.S. city had a record cold year. Climate Central conducted analysis of the...