A proposed chemical recycling plant in western Michigan may provide a handful of jobs but little environmental benefit.
Fast population growth has left more people in flood-prone areas of Gulf Coast communities, including Houston and New Orleans.…
Decades-long environmental studies can reveal trends caused by climate change better than projects that last only a year…
The Southern Ocean’s krill-rich waters attract multiple species of filter-feeding whales – and, increasingly, fishing…
Trump aggressively supported fossil fuels. The Biden-Harris administration focused on replacing them with clean energy.…
Limiting damage from climate change means cutting fossil fuel use. Many towns that rely heavily on oil and gas production…
As renewables account for a growing share of electricity supply, fossil fuel plants are increasingly used to balance fluctuations…
The hydropower dam is part of a huge effort to boost India’s homegrown energy. But it will radically disrupt the lives…
Infectious diseases can spill over from animals to humans as well as spill back. Each cross-species transmission gives pathogens…
The National Science Foundation says that the JOIDES Resolution has become too costly to fund. But scientists say its $72…
Builders knew how to keep people cool in hot, dry climates thousands of years ago. It’s time to get that knowledge back.
New research shows that Americans have positive feelings toward nature but also detects strong undertones of longing, guilt…
It’s rare to see both Nina’s at the same time, but both appeared to be developing in August 2024. That could help soften…
When southeast Chicago’s steel industry collapsed, the loss reverberated through neighborhoods built around the mills.…
From ice cores extracted from the Tibetan Plateau, scientists recovered the equivalent of 1,705 virus species. Reading their…
After wildfires in California and Colorado cities, levels of harmful metals in the water jumped. Nature sent up a red flag.
The lush urban forest in northwest Philadelphia helps cool the city and provides other environmental protections.
As the world’s population grows, contact between humans and wildlife will increase in more than half of Earth’s land…
Antarctica’s riskiest glacier is a disaster in slow motion, a polar scientist writes. But in a rare bit of good news,…
Can a city that’s synonymous with freeways and gridlock deliver a car-free Olympic Games? Los Angeles has picked up the…