Nature for nerds
Six spikes in Earth’s radiation levels, recorded in tree rings, may represent an unknown extreme astrophysical event.
An unseasonably warm fall and a big push to import and stockpile natural gas have left energy prices plummeting away from summer highs.
New England Aquarium staff are treating a penguin called Beach Donkey for a painful condition known as bumblefoot.
The world’s most powerful entities continue to pour public money into fossil fuel projects—despite repeated promises to stop.
Floodwater often contains pollutants and pathogens that can sicken and kill people in the aftermath of a storm.
Not even water bottles and milk jugs meet standards for recyclability, a new report finds.
The latest forecast from NOAA says that La Niña will make for a dry winter—a sign that we can expect another year of drought.
The U.S. Pacific Northwest had some of the worst air in the world this week, as wildfire smoke choked the region.
We're in an energy crisis, and winter is coming. Here's what you need to know.
PFAS pollution is thought to cause immune disruption in people, and a new study shows the manmade compounds could be wreaking similar havoc in gators.
Glen Canyon and the Hoover Dam are “not the whole story.”
In a global energy crisis, renewables are helping keep back increases in emissions, a new report finds.
Researchers found benzene levels comparable to those in secondhand smoke leaking from stoves in California.
The invasive, tree-killing insects arrived in Pennsylvania in 2012, and they’ve quickly spread across the U.S. Northeast.
As the planet warms, pathogens buried for millennia are more likely to re-enter the environment and potentially infect new species.
The administration is wrapping up the largest-ever release from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in the stockpile's 50-year history.
Who wants to work for the brands that brought you climate change?
In a national first, a new state regulation mandates that insurance companies offer discounts to customers who take on wildfire safety and mitigation actions.
Bad things happen when nature decides to fight back.
The whole experience was very weird, to say the least.
