Nearly 95% of deforestation in the Amazon occurs within 3.5 miles of a road or near a river. Brazil’s plans to ramp up…
Many marine animals, birds and fish are ingesting plastic. New research identifies the first named health effect from it.
The final report in the IPCC’s sixth assessment series says countries will have to cut their greenhouse gas emissions…
Two experts in policy and technology who were also co-authors of an international climate assessment see reasons for optimism.
Invasive species cause billions of dollars in damage across the US every year. Hikers and backpackers can take simple steps…
Biden vowed ‘no more drilling on federal lands,’ but Russia’s war on Ukraine and pressures at home are hard to ignore.
Reservoirs and streams are in good shape in California and the Great Basin, but groundwater and ecosystems are another story.…
Avian influenza viruses have evolved to infect birds, but the current H5N1 outbreak is also infecting a wide range of mammals.…
A new study reveals wide disparities among state-issued Clean Water Act fines, and even among federal fines from regions…
Another atmospheric river is hitting the state, raising flood risks as rain falls on deep snowpack. Rain on snow is also…
Time-lapse animations that once took days to create are now easy to build with publicly available satellite images and free…
Many beloved wildflowers bloom in early spring, while trees are still bare and the flowers have access to sunlight. Climate…
Protecting old and mature trees is the simplest and least expensive way to pull carbon out of the atmosphere – but proposed…
They’re beautiful in bloom, but Callery pear trees crowd out native plants and turn productive open land into woody thickets.
The Biden administration is finalizing the first federal limits on two compounds, PFOA and PFOS, in drinking water. These…
Over 50 fire ecologists across the Western U.S. took an unprecedented look at how forests in thousands of locations are…
Humans generate a lot of trash, but there are cheaper and safer ways to handle it than loading it on rockets.
High-quality bus service is the fastest route to rapid, comprehensive public transit in the United States. This country…
An environmental health lawyer explains why some states have weaker rules than others, and how you can make your concerns…
Less than a century ago, Colorado hunted, trapped and poisoned all the wolves within its borders. Today it’s restoring…