Cooler ocean temperatures east of the islands typically keep major hurricanes away, but El Niño is helping fuel this year’s risks.
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Medicine and technology may have advanced, but the dangers of the wilderness remain unchanged. The Oregon Trail game provides timeless tips on how to enjoy nature safely.
Berry’s belief that humans have a responsibility to care for God’s creation traces back to the Book of Genesis. So does an opposing argument for environmental exploitation.
After the deadly Grand Canyon flood, a geologist and avid hiker explains what nature lovers need to prepare and watch for to stay safe.
When penguin colonies are surrounded by sea ice, the penguins tend to eat more fish, rather than krill. And colonies that eat more fish are more successful at sustaining their numbers.
Debate over turning public national park land into private profit dates back more than a century.
Targeted grazing is gaining interest as fire risk rises, particularly in hard-to-manage areas of the Western US. But it isn’t always as simple as it seems.
The Environmental Rights Amendment of the PA Constitution guarantees the right to clean air, pure water and to the preservation of the aesthetic values of the environment.
A ‘green’ building has to last for its intentionally small carbon footprint to pay off. That includes surviving flood, storm or wildfire damage.
A geologist explains how thawing permafrost and melting ice are increasing the risk of destructive floods in the Himalayas and other high mountain regions around the world.
Scientists went to the heart of the El Niño pattern to learn from living and fossil corals. The results show El Niño’s intensifying coincides with global warming.
Canada is a major US supplier of fertilizer ingredients that could get pulled into Trump’s trade war. Farms can go without fertilizer for a while, but not long.
Wildland firefighters face heat from the environment, the fire and their own bodies as they work long, exhausting hours. The head of Purdue’s fire lab explains the health risks and what can help.
The abrupt disappearance of a lake is one clear sign that the ice below is melting, and a clue to wider permafrost changes.
The courts have rejected similar arguments before. Meanwhile, maintenance costs are rising, and the Forest Service’s own data contradicts the administration’s wildfire claims.
Extended producer responsibility policies are gaining steam in the US, but what they entail can differ widely from state to state.
To understand what’s in the smoke you might be breathing, you have to look at where it’s been.
Whether in Kenya or California, herders face dangerous temperatures and difficult conditions that put a strain on their health.
A fish-finding expedition not only detects unexpected species but also uncovers a living link to Missouri’s geological past.
With the help of thunderstorms and everyday fiber-optic cables, these scientists are revealing a hidden world underground.
With location regulations no longer in force, fishing boats are harvesting thousands of tons of krill from very few areas, increasing competition with penguins, seals, whales and other marine life.
Drought and a ruptured pipeline have forced Puerto Rico into revolving water shut-offs. For many people, the disruption started years earlier, as did loss of faith in the utility.
The existing plans and commitments to reduce water use don’t add up to even half of the savings that are needed to keep the river flowing.
Energy is meant to improve people’s lives. Often cost prevents residents from making the most of that opportunity, so they cut back on energy use to be able to pay the bills.
Disasters weaken support systems that take years to rebuild, at the same time people caught in them are under extraordinary financial and psychological stress.