The promising compounda were discovered on an organic farm.
If your area experiences a 1,000-year rainfall event, don’t assume that you’re off the hook for the next 999 years.
Weather disasters such as floods create health threats that can linger for months, from infected cuts to mold growth to…
A lot went wrong in the scramble to respond after a train carrying highly volatile vinyl chloride and other chemicals derailed…
Vice President Kamala Harris has strongly supported clean energy investments, while Donald Trump has railed against them.…
People living near these industries and emergency responders often have few details about the chemicals inside. New interactive…
Researchers tracked power outages after 8 major storms to see how wealth corresponded to recovery time.
Rising electricity demand, especially to power data centers, could make restoring some nuclear plants that closed early…
The promised ‘white gold rush’ would extract lithium alongside geothermal power production. The mineral is used in EV…
As concern about plastic pollution mounts, the federal government is revising its standards for calling products recyclable.…
Pollution solutions start with public pressure, often in the face of industry pushback and slow-moving political responses.
Breaching is one of the most spectacular behaviors among marine animals. A recent review shows that many shark and ray species…
As a record-hot summer comes to a close, an atmospheric scientist explains how global warming drove long periods of extreme…
On an island off Africa where one of the local languages has no established words for climate change, a researcher discovers…
Dairy farms are struggling to survive as production costs exceed sales. The result, consolidation, with more cows on bigger…
Which is riskier for your health: a few days of very bad PM₂.₅ exposure or many more days of slightly bad exposure?…
Colorado has spectacular scenery, but it comes with wild animals, and they sometimes wander into town. A ballot measure…
There’s a widespread argument that ‘poachers’ are responsible for the scarcity of wild ginseng. But a scholar who…
A proposed chemical recycling plant in western Michigan may provide a handful of jobs but little environmental benefit.
Fast population growth has left more people in flood-prone areas of Gulf Coast communities, including Houston and New Orleans.…