FIVE YEARS AGO this summer, one of the most destructive wildfires in California history burned a 40‑mile swath across the Sierra Nevada Range as it launched towering plumes of smoke and ash into the ...

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The Trump administration has announced a plan to kill Biden-era drinking water limits on four PFAS “forever chemicals,” and to delay the implementation of standards for two other compounds. The US ...

I recently relocated to Tucson, Arizona, after a decade away. I always think of Tucson as a city where people come to dry out — dermatologically, emotionally, or otherwise. (If you’re unfamiliar, ...

This spring, two black bears wandered down from the Santa Ynez Mountains above Santa Barbara, California. One lumbered across the manicured lawns and paths of the University of California at Santa ...

Mega-fires are becoming more frequent in the Desert Southwest, where the slow growth and reproduction of many iconic desert plants, harsh desert conditions, and other factors make post-fire ...

It’s nearly 100 degrees Fahrenheit and only midmorning at Reshma Begum’s tiny farmstead in southwestern Bangladesh. Humidity is in the mid-80 percent range, making the clammy air cling to the skin ...

With the ocean temperature expected to rise 3℃ by 2100, marine biologists are scrambling to understand how warming waters affect marine life in shallow ecosystems. That is especially true for ...

R SCOT DUNCAN CAN TELL YOU how Alabama ranks among the 50 states for its number of imperiled species (third). He can say how much temperatures have already risen in the region (three degrees ...

Abruzzo is a a little-known region of Italy, just two hours east of Rome. It lies in between the high peaks of three national parks, 10,000 square kilometres of wild, rugged terrain, home to Apennine ...

South Dakota’s Black Hills are no stranger to mining. The hills — sacred land to the Lakota — have long been exploited for gold and uranium deposits, the lands scarred and rivers polluted in the ...

IN APRIL 2020, the world is in lockdown as the coronavirus pandemic rages on. But in the foothills at the south end of Oregon’s Coast Range mountains, resource extraction is going full speed ahead. On ...