Conservation or copper? A proposed mine in northern Minnesota pits industrial jobs against a thriving outdoor economy.
Greenland's glaciers have retreated so far that they can no longer support the ice sheet that feeds them. The ice sheet…
A team of researchers found the southernmost tree and forest on Earth at the extreme tip of South America. Wind limits where…
Extreme shrinkage of summer sea ice is just the latest evidence of rapid Arctic warming – and what happens in the Arctic…
New risk models show nearly twice as many properties are at risk from a 100-year flood today than the government's flood…
Life in captivity causes observable harm to the structure and function of large mammals' brains.
Hurricane stalling has become common over the past half-century, and their average forward speed has also slowed.
The pandemic recession has reduced US energy demand, roiling budgets in states that are major fossil fuel producers. But…
In an unusual twist, many of those storms have been forming closer to the US coast.
Wildfires aren't always wild. Many of the most expensive and damaging fires happen in suburban areas, and nearly all…
Can a plan that brings together government and private landowners create enough habitat for monarch butterflies?
Two environmental engineers say governments need to do more to protect people from possible water contamination after wildfires.
Debating whether climate change or forest management has caused the devastating wildfires in California, Washington and…
Hurricane Harvey destroyed the fishing infrastructure of Aransas Bay and reduced fishing by 80% over the following year.…
It's not just about the hurricane. How high a storm surge gets and how far it reaches also has a lot to do with the…
For decades, scientists believed that only male birds sang. Then women entered the field and showed what their predecessors…
How climate change and other human actions have combined to create conditions for explosive wildfires in California, Oregon…
When water stagnates in pipes, harmful metals and bacteria can accumulate and make people sick. Buildings that were shut…
A new plan targets areas around the world that can store carbon and protect large numbers of species. It calls for preserving…
US ideas about conservation center on walling off land from use. That approach often means expelling Indigenous and other…