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…
Communities already retreat from flooding and in the face of sea level rise. Is retreat from wildfires next, and what would…
Artificial light is upending trees’ ability to use the natural day-night cycle as a signal of seasonal change.
A 1972 report warned that unchecked consumption could crater the world economy by 2100. Fifty years and much debate later,…
Plant breeding, informed by genetic analysis, could be critical to the future of one of the world’s oldest crops.
A review of S&P 500 companies finds carbon disclosure doesn’t necessarily mean emissions fall.
New research on young, healthy humans found the body begins overheating when exposed to temperatures and humidity lower…