The Environment

These wildfire warnings are in place up and down the country, from Texas to North Dakota and Minnesota

When an earthquake rupturing along a fault hits a barrier, it creates a seismic signature called the “stopping phase.” Scientists have isolated this and could use it to better predict earthquake risk

In 2022 a swarm of earthquakes in the Azores suggested that an eruption was imminent, but none happened. Now we know why, and it means magma can be sneakier than we knew

While New York City leads in terms of the absolute number of people threatened by flood, more than 98 percent of New Orleans’ population is at risk, according to a new study

Even before water reaches them, the sound of droplets triggers germination in rice plants

Fresh takes on Apollo’s famous “Earthrise” and “Blue Marble” images showed off our planet’s beauty just weeks before Earth Day

The environmental crises of the past often seem to disappear—have problems like acid rain and smog been solved?

This Earth Day three environmental experts share stories about times when environmental action succeeded in saving the planet—and explain why this can be done again

After a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck off the coast of Japan and set off tsunami warnings, there’s an elevated risk of a “megaquake” following in its wake

It turns out that salmon exposed to cocaine through water pollution do a lot of swimming—which may not be a good thing

“Cocaine hippos,” underground bees, and fresh insights into aging and heart health

A new study suggests a proto–Colorado River filled a large basin before spilling westward to set the Grand Canyon’s modern path