Aging levees and dams are only the beginning of the risks communities face. One of the biggest challenges is helping people…
Getting Loss and Damage Fund money would be worth a lot more than the $20 million Nepal is asking for. The foreign minister…
The country, and the world, have been losing diesel refining capacity for many years and can’t just ramp up production…
Decades of pollution at Pittsburgh brownfields left bacteria that evolved to survive it – and maybe help clean up contaminated…
Wildfire strategy tends to break into three distinct camps today, each focusing heavily on one approach over the others.…
A century ago, Americans barely ate soy. Now it’s everywhere in people’s diets, even in places they don’t look or…
A new study connects early winter heat high up on the plateau to the jet stream and, ultimately, storms headed for the US…
El Niño can affect agriculture, marine life and economies in profound ways, including slowing commerce at the Panama Canal.…
Many levees built in the mid-1900s do not offer enough protection for today’s storms, and small rural communities in particular…
What gardeners do at the end of the growing season will determine how clean, productive and manageable their garden beds…
Cooler ocean temperatures east of the islands typically keep major hurricanes away, but El Niño is helping fuel this year’s…
Medicine and technology may have advanced, but the dangers of the wilderness remain unchanged. The Oregon Trail game provides…
Berry’s belief that humans have a responsibility to care for God’s creation traces back to the Book of Genesis. So does…
After the deadly Grand Canyon flood, a geologist and avid hiker explains what nature lovers need to prepare and watch for…
When penguin colonies are surrounded by sea ice, the penguins tend to eat more fish, rather than krill. And colonies that…
Debate over turning public national park land into private profit dates back more than a century.
Targeted grazing is gaining interest as fire risk rises, particularly in hard-to-manage areas of the Western US. But it…
The Environmental Rights Amendment of the PA Constitution guarantees the right to clean air, pure water and to the preservation…
A ‘green’ building has to last for its intentionally small carbon footprint to pay off. That includes surviving flood,…