Bad news for the 2022 hurricane season: The Loop Current, a fueler of monster storms, is looking a l
With La Niña helping clear the way for a busy hurricane season, this wide current of warm water could spell disaster for…
With La Niña helping clear the way for a busy hurricane season, this wide current of warm water could spell disaster for…
Climate change is affecting hydropower in different ways across the country.
Fungi underpin life on Earth, but are far less well catalogued and understood than animals and plants. Three scientists…
A new study finds that by 2030, less than one-third of the world’s major crop harvests will go directly to feed people.
More carbon dioxide in the air doesn’t necessarily mean more growth for trees, and the increasing risk of wildfires and…
The Colorado River provides water and electricity to 40 million people in the western U.S., but falling water levels threaten…
Traditional ecological knowledge, or TEK, can encompass science, medicine, ecology, religion, and culture – and help protect…
Bees offer insights into many scientific questions, from cooperating in close quarters to strategies for finding food.
War, famine and an energy crunch are affecting the world’s response to climate change, but there are reasons for optimism.
Liquid water below the ice determines how fast an ice stream flows. As the ice sheet gets thinner, more of that salty groundwater…
Researchers have long suspected that an ingredient in sunscreen called oxybenzone was harming corals, but no one knew how.…
A new study adds up the potential legal and financial risk countries could face from hundreds of agreements, like those…
Allowing the sale of gasoline that’s 15% ethanol year-round won’t have much impact on gas prices, but recent research…
Fire season is getting longer, and the result is transforming iconic desert ecosystems. The start to 2022 has been so dire,…
Agreements negotiated a century ago to share water on Western rivers among states are showing their age in a time of water…
Tests found PFAS in school uniforms, pillows, upholstered furniture and several other items that are often next to children’s…
You can’t photograph the inside of a twister, but radar offers some clues.
When Indigenous peoples lose their river flow to dams, satellite programs like Landsat can help them fight for their resources.
The regionalism that fuels the Red Sox-Yankees rivalry is also found in U.S. attitudes about energy production, a new study…
Has Putin hurt Russia by jolting Europe’s shift away from fossil fuels into high gear?