The ultraviolet index or UV index forecasts the intensity of the sun's UV rays on a scale of 0 to 11 ... For example, people with light skin are more likely to experience sunburns and skin ...

The next time you see the UV index in the weather forecast, look more closely. You can protect yourself from too much sun.

Lake Tahoe is experiencing large-scale shifts in ultraviolet radiation (UV) as climate change intensifies wet and dry ...

The scale is based on impacts to our skin ... Therefore the UV index largely quantifies the amount of UV-B light reaching the ground and thus the potential to produce vitamin D - and get sunburned.

Coated and uncoated panels on a large-scale trial greenhouse ... the flavoring chemical in tonic water is absorbing UV light and emitting a blue light out. “Because our coating gives out ...

Animals with ultraviolet color patterns can be found all over nature. Here’s what we know about what purpose these patterns ...