After four years of the US government undoing climate change policies and partnerships, a Biden administration has a chance…
California was thought to be an exception, a place where oil field operations and tectonic faults apparently coexisted without…
An invisible crisis is brewing in US farm country as the overpumped Ogallala-High Plains Aquifer drains. The key drivers…
The Bsal fungus is not yet here in North America, or any place in the Western Hemisphere, but there is concern that the…
Many Americans have been unable to pay their electric bills during the COVID-19 pandemic, racking up billions of dollars…
New research shows that one-third of yearly nitrogen runoff from Midwest farms to the Gulf of Mexico occurs during a few…
Insects are plentiful and inexpensive. Even when children aren't attending school in person, they can learn from the…
The Earth is losing plants and animals at rates not seen in millions of years. Ecologists explain how protecting habitat…
Birds found along the Gulf Coast have evolved to ride out hurricanes and tropical storms. But with development degrading…
The pattern of autumn sea ice growth has been completely disrupted, but are we really headed for a tipping point?
The 2020 wildfire season has shattered records across the West. It's a trend that's headed in a dangerous direction.
Living near oil and gas production can affect mental health, driving stress and feelings of depression.
Batteries power much of modern life, from electric and hybrid cars to computers, medical devices and cellphones. But unless…
Healthy seagrasses form underwater meadows teeming with fish and shellfish. A successful large-scale restoration project…
For the first time in the US, a ballot measure will ask voters whether to restore wolves to a place where they've been…
Restoring western forests – thinning out small trees and dead wood – is an important strategy for reducing the risk…
Molina, who died on Oct. 8, 'thought climate change was the biggest problem in the world long before most people did.'…
Over 820 million people around the world go to bed hungry at night, and that tide is rising. For working to reverse it,…
PFAS chemicals are toxic, widespread and persistent in the environment, and the federal government has been slow to regulate…
Similar arrangements already support the National Park Service, the National Institutes of Health and other federal agencies.