As the world waits for vaccines against COVID-19, testing wastewater can give communities and smaller locales, such as school…
Choosing former Secretary of State John Kerry as climate envoy is an important first step. To regain trust, the U.S. will…
Joe Biden has sweeping plans for a clean energy revolution. Congress will be a big speed bump, but it can't block everything.
For centuries Native Americans intercropped corn, beans and squash because the plants thrived together. A new initiative…
Over US$12 trillion of COVID-19 relief has been promised. If a small portion was put toward economy-boosting green investments,…
Fast fashion is far from green. But the rapid expansion of online clothing resale platforms could help shrink the garment…
Here are four ways adults can help kids work through their worries about the environment.
With growing drought, rising seas and heavier storms, how do we protect Venice and other world treasures? The answer: creative,…
The Trump administration has used executive orders, deregulation and delays to reduce environmental regulation. Biden administration…
A fire scientists offers a six-point strategy for preventing wildfires and living safely in flammable landscapes.
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?