This article explains how seasonal changes in ventilation, humidity, and indoor pollutants affect cough, allergies, asthma ...

Respiratory infection risk increases during winter due to a combination of environmental factors, seasonal immune changes, viral transmission dynamics, and behavioral shifts that collectively favor ...

New Zealand’s summer has been defined by repeated bursts of intense rain, as subtropical systems have swept down over the upper North Island and beyond. Floods, slips and storm damage – most recently ...

Your home will be an escape from the humidity with these tricks.

Kiwis have been given a heads-up for a “surge of humidity” as the tropics fire up. An incoming wave of humid air will cause “especially muggy” conditions towards the end of the week in the North ...

Dolbear’s Law reveals how the snowy tree cricket can act as a natural thermometer. By counting chirps, you can estimate ...

The last couple of weeks of Long Island weather have been cold, snowy and blustery. But one measurement stands out on the misery index: It has been unusually, uncomfortably dry, day after day. How dry ...

Dry indoor air affects comfort, health, and homes during heating season. Knowing how whole-house humidifiers work helps contractors match homeowners with the right solution.

The last thing you want when travelling overseas is a stress-filled experience laden with crime, congestion and an overwhelming atmosphere. Some cities are worse than others at creating a hectic, ...

Have you ever stopped to wonder how forecasters can predict the weather days in advance, or how scientists figure out how the climate might evolve under different policies? The Earth system is a vast ...

A heat alert has been issued for Napier as the mercury rises above 30C, while the top of the country is cloaked in humid air. It comes after international and domestic flights were delayed this ...