A new study connects early winter heat high up on the plateau to the jet stream and, ultimately, storms headed for the US…
El Niño can affect agriculture, marine life and economies in profound ways, including slowing commerce at the Panama Canal.…
Many levees built in the mid-1900s do not offer enough protection for today’s storms, and small rural communities in particular…
What gardeners do at the end of the growing season will determine how clean, productive and manageable their garden beds…
Cooler ocean temperatures east of the islands typically keep major hurricanes away, but El Niño is helping fuel this year’s…
Medicine and technology may have advanced, but the dangers of the wilderness remain unchanged. The Oregon Trail game provides…
Berry’s belief that humans have a responsibility to care for God’s creation traces back to the Book of Genesis. So does…
After the deadly Grand Canyon flood, a geologist and avid hiker explains what nature lovers need to prepare and watch for…
When penguin colonies are surrounded by sea ice, the penguins tend to eat more fish, rather than krill. And colonies that…
Debate over turning public national park land into private profit dates back more than a century.
Targeted grazing is gaining interest as fire risk rises, particularly in hard-to-manage areas of the Western US. But it…
The Environmental Rights Amendment of the PA Constitution guarantees the right to clean air, pure water and to the preservation…
A ‘green’ building has to last for its intentionally small carbon footprint to pay off. That includes surviving flood,…
A geologist explains how thawing permafrost and melting ice are increasing the risk of destructive floods in the Himalayas…
Scientists went to the heart of the El Niño pattern to learn from living and fossil corals. The results show El Niño’s…
Canada is a major US supplier of fertilizer ingredients that could get pulled into Trump’s trade war. Farms can go without…
Wildland firefighters face heat from the environment, the fire and their own bodies as they work long, exhausting hours.…
The abrupt disappearance of a lake is one clear sign that the ice below is melting, and a clue to wider permafrost changes.
The courts have rejected similar arguments before. Meanwhile, maintenance costs are rising, and the Forest Service’s own…
Extended producer responsibility policies are gaining steam in the US, but what they entail can differ widely from state…