While Congress considers new renewable energy incentives, Texas’ sprawling wind farms tell a story about renewable energy…
Urban coyotes prey on rodents and spread plant seeds. It’s OK to observe them from a distance, but then you should chase…
As recent deluges in St. Louis and Kentucky show, flash flooding can happen in urban and rural areas, with deadly results…
Climate change is colliding with old factory sites where soil or water contamination still exist, and the most vulnerable…
The first two weeks of preseason training are the toughest as players’ bodies acclimatize to running hard in the heat.…
Noise pollution is a serious problem, and cars make a lot of it. But roads are also a factor.
Extreme downpours caught people off guard from Las Vegas to Kentucky in July 2022.
Telling people they have a flood risk rating of 10 is less powerful than explaining how much they’re likely to pay to…
Manufactured housing – the preferred name for what were once called mobile homes – has changed dramatically in recent…
A few tree species, including American beech and eastern hemlock, were responsible for the bulk of carbon storage.
The iconic monarch butterfly has been added to the Red List of endangered species, but hasn’t received protection in the…
An economist explains coal power’s rise and fall in charts.
President Joe Biden has pledged sweeping action on climate change but struggled to deliver it. A legal scholar explains…
They’re crucial for tracking deforestation, pinpointing dangerous heat, and helping people respond to fires, floods and…
Megalodon, the world’s largest known shark species, swam the oceans long before humans existed. Its teeth are all that’s…
Polar bears are increasingly seeking sustenance in human trash because of melting sea ice and a loss of hunting opportunities.…
The costs of three frequently touted solutions – tree planting, carbon capture and geoengineering – would be astronomical…
Summer sports camps and pre-season training often have kids running hard in high heat and humidity. The combination can…
Zebra and quagga mussels entered the Great Lakes in large ships’ ballast water. Now, local boaters and anglers are spreading…
Nutrient pollution fouls lakes and bays with algae, killing fish and threatening public health. Progress curbing it has…