Hurricanes Michael and Florence have knocked power out for millions of people. Burying power lines could help but the costs…
Coastal development is destroying marshes, mangroves and other wetlands that provide valuable protection from hurricanes…
The results of an online survey that measured public responses to a policy aimed at reducing carbon emissions contradict…
Hurricanes frequently move inland in the southeast US, causing widespread river flooding, but emergency plans focus on protecting…
William Nordhaus showed that the market offers the best chance for preventing global catastrophe form climate change.
The UN's panel on climate change said that technologies to remove CO2 will be necessary to limit global temperature…
A new tool called EcoCast helps fishermen in the West Coast figure out where it's best to fish that day.
Dairy cows are sensitive to heat, so farmers cool them down with sprinklers and fans. Researchers are designing better,…
Do high fuel economy requirements make the US auto fleet less safe? The Trump administration says yes and is moving to freeze…
The return of white sharks to Cape Cod, Massachusetts was a tourism success story – until a shark killed a swimmer. Can…
The ocean floor holds unique information about Earth's history. Scientific ocean drilling, which started 50 years ago,…
Landowners told researchers that they lacked the knowledge, time and money to advocate for themselves, their financial interests…
As climate change alters temperature and precipitation patterns across the US, it is having especially severe impacts on…
The fossa, Madagascar's largest predator, is a cat-like carnivore that eats everything from insects to lemurs. Because…
The damage to coal ash sites from Hurricane Florence demonstrates how a community's vulnerability to natural disasters…
A hurricane evacuation researcher in South Carolina explains why evacuating when the sun's out actually makes sense.
Widespread flooding in North Carolina from Hurricane Florence shows the need for better advance planning in inland areas…
How do narrow ribbons of sand like North Carolina's Outer Banks withstand the force of hurricanes? The answer lies in…
Lessons learned from Hurricane Andrew in 1992 and the Fukushima disaster in 2011 have changed how utilities brace for big…
US ozone pollution has fallen in recent decades, but exposure to low levels of ozone still has serious effects on human…