Tidal power

The Atlantic and Southern oceans may be responsible for the slowdown in the acceleration of global warming—but not for long

It's been more than two decades since the last hurricane hit the 50th state

Biodiversity hotspots are golden places on earth where the number and diversity of animals and plants is exceptional. Environmentalists say that hotspots are the most critical of all places to protect against the ill effects of human development and climate change.

Aqueducts, dams and irrigation projects all made rapid development possible in the arid West

The world is not on track to keep global warming below 2 degrees Celsius but can still hold that line with tremendous effort

Eastern states in the U.S. are employing microgrids to improve resilience after big weather

Higher electricity bills and property losses are among the costs that climate change is expected to exact in the U.S. in the next 25 years, according to a bipartisan report

Each year, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory publishes a powerful graphic of U.S. energy use. In the most recent version, one can see how the ~97 quadrillion british-thermal units (quads) of energy used in the United States can be broken down by uses and sectors.

Bigger ocean waves might be more common nowadays as climate change alters wind patterns

Dive into the limpid waters off Indonesia's resort island of Bali and you'll spot the beginnings of an environmental success story. Older reefs are recovering from the devastating coral bleaching of 1998 and 2009.

Few funds generated by the Deepwater Horizon disaster have been allocated as yet to return the Gulf of Mexico’s marshes and ecosystems to a healthier state, leading to “random acts of restoration”

The still nascent technology to generate electricity from the sea may find its first economical uses far from the grid