Seven months into the US conflict with Iran, with no clear end in sight, the global oil market has now largely exhausted…
The people of northern Virginia have been living with data centers for many years. But even they are resisting new developments.…
There’s not much diesel fuel lying around, and lots of people want to buy what is available, as well as what little is…
Today, China controls the vast majority of rare earths processing. That gives it enormous political leverage, and its trade…
Storms like 2026’s Hurricane Polo that rapidly intensify can catch communities off guard and leave little time to prepare…
The catastrophic story is familiar, but the insight, and the ending, offer an opportunity, and perhaps motivation, for modern…
Players have been injured by lightning during games, and a strike to the stands could hurt a lot of fans.
Keeping aging coal plants open, building new gas plants and choices about pollution controls affect electricity bills. Pollution…
Aging levees and dams are only the beginning of the risks communities face. One of the biggest challenges is helping people…
Getting Loss and Damage Fund money would be worth a lot more than the $20 million Nepal is asking for. The foreign minister…
The country, and the world, have been losing diesel refining capacity for many years and can’t just ramp up production…
Decades of pollution at Pittsburgh brownfields left bacteria that evolved to survive it – and maybe help clean up contaminated…
Wildfire strategy tends to break into three distinct camps today, each focusing heavily on one approach over the others.…
A century ago, Americans barely ate soy. Now it’s everywhere in people’s diets, even in places they don’t look or…
A new study connects early winter heat high up on the plateau to the jet stream and, ultimately, storms headed for the US…
El Niño can affect agriculture, marine life and economies in profound ways, including slowing commerce at the Panama Canal.…
Many levees built in the mid-1900s do not offer enough protection for today’s storms, and small rural communities in particular…
What gardeners do at the end of the growing season will determine how clean, productive and manageable their garden beds…
Cooler ocean temperatures east of the islands typically keep major hurricanes away, but El Niño is helping fuel this year’s…
Medicine and technology may have advanced, but the dangers of the wilderness remain unchanged. The Oregon Trail game provides…