The Environment

Everything you need to know about hurricanes explained

From Miami to Maine, the East Coast is under moderate or high rip current risk advisories because of Hurricane Erin

The National Science Foundation will stop operating the Nathaniel B. Palmer icebreaker and slash polar science funding by 70 percent, devastating Antarctic research

Synthetic polymers were supposed to free us from the limitations of our natural resources. Instead they led to an environmental crisis

China is having a fast-rising chikungunya outbreak in a place that has never had one before.

Meltwater from a glacial lake outburst is flooding Juneau, Alaska. Such events are likely to happen more often as climate change destabilizes ice and glacial lakes fill with more meltwater

From planets roaming space to major shifts in health funding, catch up with this week’s news roundup.

Representative Eric Sorensen of Illinois shares how his meteorology roots drive his fight to protect climate science and push back against political interference.

Solar panels, wind turbines, a hydrogen energy system and lithium-ion batteries are powering China’s newest polar research station

Proposed amendments to the Marine Mammal Protection Act would cut down protections to whales, dolphins, polar bears and other species

If the EPA abdicates its responsibility to address climate change, it will harm health and the planet in exchange for pandering to fossil fuel interests

A devastating bacterium has decimated populations of sunflower sea stars, predators that play a crucial role in their environment