The vivid sunsets painted by J.M.W. Turner are revered for their use of color and light and their influence on the Impressionists. But could they also help global warming experts track climate change? ...more

December 2, 2007

Joe Kennedy, a former pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays, died suddenly early Friday after collapsing in his in-laws' Lithia home. ...more

November 24, 2007

Twenty-four hours a day, 365 days a year, scientists at the National Weather Service in Ruskin keep their eyes on the skies above a 15-county stretch in West Central and Southwest Florida. And every three seconds, Dan Noah's home computer uploads to the Internet real-time atmospheric conditions as they occur in his backyard in Bloomingdale. ...more

November 21, 2007

Nate Longshore's return wasn't enough to get California back on the winning track. Having Patrick Cowan back did the trick for UCLA. ...more

October 21, 2007

Plenty of people share the glory of the Nobel Peace Prize - thousands of scientists have been studying and documenting climate change under a U.N. body set up in 1988 as concerns grew about global warming. ...more

October 13, 2007

Just what Florida needs, more humidity. A study reported this week in the scientific journal Nature says global warming is causing humidity to rise. In the Sunshine State, that could mean more intense but fewer thunderstorms, more fuel for hurricanes, and a higher misery quotient during summer. ...more

October 12, 2007

Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops envisioned it going down to the wire. Colorado's Dan Hawkins had a hunch his team would pull off the big upset. ...more

September 30, 2007

You got the impression that if the team's charter plane hadn't been waiting on Florida State for the long flight home, offensive coordinator Jimbo Fisher would have called a spur-of-the-moment practice for his unit. Meanwhile, as he tormented the offense, Fisher would have invited the defensive players to watch as they feasted on a postgame meal of filet mignon and lobster. ...more

September 17, 2007

BOULDER, Colo. -- Folsom Field sits more than a mile above sea level, but Florida State still needed a bit of a lift as a scoreless tie with Colorado lapsed into the second quarter Saturday night. ...more

September 16, 2007