The atmosphere is a complicated place. Warm temperatures in one spot can contribute to brutally cold storms somewhere else.
Artificial intelligence systems have big environmental costs but are also finding ways to save energy and water, cut emissions…
Coal mines are notorious sources of acid mine drainage, but the orange sludge that threatens water supplies and wildlife…
Like living beyond your financial means, using more water than nature can replenish can have catastrophic results.
The EPA is changing how it assesses proposed regulations by dropping the monetary value of health benefits from its cost-benefit…
Sinkholes are fairly common in Philadelphia due to aging water lines that leak or burst, causing the surrounding soil to…
The US government used to have American farmers’ backs, but that support has been dwindling for decades. New subsidies…
The expansion of Arctic shipping, scramble for seafloor mining and overfishing are all straining international relationships.…
As climate extremes intensify, adaptation debates favor new technologies. Terraces in the Philippines and Morocco show how…
Some methods being tried to counter climate change shift the ocean’s biology or chemistry. Others would deflect solar…
History also shows that many of the fanciful engineering ideas for Greenland failed because they misjudged the island’s…
Political chaos, sanctions and technical mismanagement of the oil industry may have taken a heavy toll on the industry.
Hundreds of thousands of Sanborn maps mapped the fire risk of every US city with over 1,000 people in the 20th century.
Marine viruses attack cells, but the material that spills out helps fuels marine life around the world.
US oil companies have never stopped investing and operating in Venezuela’s petroleum industry, despite many changes in…
At the same time, Americans have been facing worsening storms, wildfires and deadly heat waves.
An atmospheric chemist offers quick, easy and inexpensive suggestions to reduce indoor air pollution.
A major atmospheric river brought record precipitation to the Pacific Northwest, yet the snow and water supply still suffered.…
Farm bills – famously complex legislative and spending balances between farm subsidies, food assistance, conservation…
Recent advances in computer vision and other types of artificial intelligence offer an opportunity for facial recognition…