Some of these ‘forever chemicals’ are toxic at very low levels. They can get into water systems and bioaccumulate in…
Greenland’s inhabitants call it Kalaallit Nunaat, or land of the Kalaallit. It is an Indigenous nation whose relatively…
Ski resorts in Colorado can make snow, but it only goes so far.
Excess road and sidewalk salt flows into storm drains and ultimately into area streams and rivers, affecting fish and other…
One of North America’s richest ecosystems, sustained and shaped by Native peoples before European contact, nearly disappeared.…
Despite Brazil’s recent expansions of protected areas, research shows that the favorite habitats of whales and dolphins…
Plants need phosphorus, and other nutrients, to grow. But soil tests can’t tell if there’s too much.
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.