A geologist explains how thawing permafrost and melting ice are increasing the risk of destructive floods in the Himalayas and other high mountain regions around the world.
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Scientists went to the heart of the El Niño pattern to learn from living and fossil corals. The results show El Niño’s intensifying coincides with global warming.
Canada is a major US supplier of fertilizer ingredients that could get pulled into Trump’s trade war. Farms can go without fertilizer for a while, but not long.
Wildland firefighters face heat from the environment, the fire and their own bodies as they work long, exhausting hours. The head of Purdue’s fire lab explains the health risks and what can help.
The abrupt disappearance of a lake is one clear sign that the ice below is melting, and a clue to wider permafrost changes.
The courts have rejected similar arguments before. Meanwhile, maintenance costs are rising, and the Forest Service’s own data contradicts the administration’s wildfire claims.
Extended producer responsibility policies are gaining steam in the US, but what they entail can differ widely from state to state.
To understand what’s in the smoke you might be breathing, you have to look at where it’s been.
Whether in Kenya or California, herders face dangerous temperatures and difficult conditions that put a strain on their health.
A fish-finding expedition not only detects unexpected species but also uncovers a living link to Missouri’s geological past.
With the help of thunderstorms and everyday fiber-optic cables, these scientists are revealing a hidden world underground.
With location regulations no longer in force, fishing boats are harvesting thousands of tons of krill from very few areas, increasing competition with penguins, seals, whales and other marine life.
Drought and a ruptured pipeline have forced Puerto Rico into revolving water shut-offs. For many people, the disruption started years earlier, as did loss of faith in the utility.
The existing plans and commitments to reduce water use don’t add up to even half of the savings that are needed to keep the river flowing.
Energy is meant to improve people’s lives. Often cost prevents residents from making the most of that opportunity, so they cut back on energy use to be able to pay the bills.
Disasters weaken support systems that take years to rebuild, at the same time people caught in them are under extraordinary financial and psychological stress.
Moving servers into the ocean does not make underlying environmental challenges disappear. And it creates new concerns as well.
Mobile phones have become part of just about everyone’s emergency infrastructure. But what do you do when the power and service go out?
Policy changes, climate disruption, staffing shortages and housing costs are reshaping the risks of owning or starting a gateway business.
Understanding what happened in these forests 56 million years ago may help humanity recognize similar thresholds before we cross them again, the lead author of a new study writes.
Teaming groups of private landowners with federal efforts yielded measurable success, at least in terms of defending cornfields.
The damage is sometimes only centimeters deep. Three engineers explain the colors of burned masonry and other signs preservationists look for amid another destructive fire year.
Oil companies are making massive profits and stockpiling cash, and holding off on changing their investment plans.
The success of green roofs depends on more than just good intentions and engineering – they need long-term love and care.
Warmer ocean waters are fueling the spread of the bacteria Vibrio vulnificus. Infections can lead to a rare but fatal condition called necrotizing fasciitis.