The Environment

Vast weather patterns can carry blasts of frigid air far from the polar regions—here’s how it works

Two open letters from scientists and science advocacy groups reflect a growing anxiety about the future of federal science under President-elect Trump

Fires can make drinking water, pipes and tanks unsafe. An environmental engineer explains why that’s so and what to do

Wildfires burning in cities unleash a toxic, unpredictable combination of compounds into the air

The ferocity and scale of the fires that tore through the Los Angeles area become clearer in photographs

Arctic shipping routes and burgeoning mining opportunities may be part of Greenland’s appeal to President-elect Donald Trump, but each comes with challenges as well

In this week’s news rundown, norovirus cases are up, a bird flu death is reported and Los Angeles has experienced devastating fires.

President-elect Trump has incorrectly blamed California water management for the destruction from the recent fires in the Los Angeles area

The year 2024 was the hottest on record and the first to top 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming. All 10 of the hottest years have been in the past decade

Damages from the recent fires in the Los Angeles area could overwhelm California’s already stressed insurer of last resort

The nature of the Santa Ana winds makes them perfectly suited to fueling blazes like the Palisades Fire, and climate change is increasing the risk

There are fewer than 500 Ethiopian wolves, and they may be the first large carnivore known to act as a pollinator