Environment

Though atmospheric river storms are dreaded for the damage they can cause, they are also essential to the western U.S.’s water supply, particularly in California

Organized crime is mining sand from rivers and coasts to feed demand worldwide, ruining ecosystems and communities. Can it be stopped?

See how climate disasters cause rippling effects far beyond the initial event

The argument that we have to choose between saving nature and strengthening the economy is a false dichotomy

The answer isn’t just about temperature. Our physiology, psychology and clothing choices also factor in

A Brookings Institution report warns that energy-hungry artificial intelligence tech will worsen the climate crisis

A Biden administration review of natural gas exports could show the U.S. was relying on outdated assumptions about gas’s impact on renewable energy and carbon pollution

Rising temperatures are melting an area of the Swiss Alps where scientists have been working to collect centuries-old ice cores that contain evidence of past environmental conditions

Changes in the climate may have caused disruptions to Roman society that manifested as disease outbreaks, researchers have found

The Hartford Financial Services Group is the latest insurer to say it won’t offer new policies to homeowners in California

The ancestral Maya lived in better harmony with the environment and kept water clean naturally. We can learn from them

Big-headed ants are invading new territories in Kenya—and the consequences are rippling through the whole ecosystem, scientists have found