Outdoor recreation is booming across the US, but research shows that the presence of humans – or the trails they hike…
Some of the most powerful offshore wind sites are in water too deep for a standard wind turbines. Engineers found a way…
'Local, organic, sustainable' are common buzzwords on US restaurant menus now, but it wasn't always that way.…
These giant predators are helping solve the mystery of Earth's cooling shift some 50-30 million years ago.
As part of the nation's massive wartime mobilization effort, millions of Americans, for the first time, traveled abroad…
New research suggests that an effective way to locate and track large concentrations of microplastics in the ocean could…
Which is worse, dry heat or wet heat? Both, says an exercise physiologist.
Scientists used artificial neural networks to analyze precipitation records from around the world. They found evidence of…
Roundup may be taking a beating in the US, where three juries have concluded that it gave plaintiffs cancer, but it's…
Record heat and low rainfall are drying up water sources shared by the American Southwest and northern Mexico.
Every year, the number of wildfires caused by humans spikes on Independence Day. There are safer ways to celebrate amid…
Policymakers want to pay farmers for storing carbon in soil, but there are no uniform rules yet for measuring, reporting…
Without enough water, trees can develop embolisms, similar to blockages in human blood vessels, and they’re more likely…
The fact that nearly half the world’s population is still struggling to escape poverty while global temperatures hurtle…
Palm oil is responsible for widespread deforestation and labor abuses, but it's also cheap and incredibly useful. That's…
The area's iconic national parks are home to grizzlies, elk and mountain snowfall that feeds some of the country's…
Many coastal US cities are contending with increasingly frequent and severe tidal flooding as sea levels rise. Some are…
Oceanographer Robert D. Ballard, who is best known for finding the wreck of Titanic, has written a memoir recounting his…
A bipartisan group of senators proposed the gas tax should be indexed to inflation to help pay for new infrastructure spending,…
The pandemic offered a tantalizing look at city life with fewer cars in the picture. But with traffic rebounding, there's…