With social media communities and naturalist apps, birding is easier to get into than ever. A psychologist explains why it may also be just what the doctor ordered.
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Pennsylvania logged 852 severe weather reports from March through June – more than double the 30-year average. A meteorologist explains what keeps the storms coming.
A National Academy of Sciences report examined the latest advances in extreme event attribution science. As four of the authors explain, the type of disaster makes a difference.
Wastewater from Pennsylvania’s oil and gas wells is salty and radioactive, and doesn’t suppress dust. Two researchers explain why it keeps ending up on rural roads.
Native religions are tied to living landscapes, not points on a map. A scholar of Indigenous studies explains why reducing the protected area has profound religious and cultural consequences.
Many sustainability programs may be aiming at the wrong target because most entrepreneurs won’t become environmental activists.
A new global assessment of the world’s migratory species finds reason for alarm, but also hope – and a road map for helping them survive.
There is no single thermostat setting that is right for every person or every home. And there are other easy, low-cost steps that can help keep everyone comfortable when hot weather sets in.
What communities and businesses really need is information they can act on, with examples of what’s worked elsewhere and why – and what fails.
Why would a young Republican back solar but reject a carbon tax? Twenty years of survey data shows climate opinion is more complex than party labels suggest.
Death Valley set a record when the temperature reached 134 degrees Fahrenheit. Here’s why deserts can reach such scorching temperatures – and also very cold ones.
An analysis of one major effort shows how to get Democrats and Republicans to agree to spend billions of dollars on a decades-long environmental restoration project.
If Congress didn’t believe habitat destruction and degradation constitute ‘harm’ under the statute, why would it require permits and plans to offset habitat loss?
When you breathe in wildfire smoke, harmful particles can travel deep into your body.
A tick disease researcher explains the risks and how she avoids bringing home ticks from both work and walking her dog in the woods. Lint rollers, tick checks and some types of chemicals play a role.
Courts have long let utilities seize private property to build transmission lines. Does that hold if the power flows to a single data center?
Increasing flash flooding is exhausting communities as they’re hit again and again.
The majority of endangered species listings over the years have involved habitat loss, from Chinook salmon to island foxes and many birds.
A look at cats’ diets as reported by researchers over many years shows they eat a lot more than people might think.
Too much fertilizer disrupts the hidden world of soil-dwelling microbes that were sustaining healthy crops long before synthetic fertilizer was invented.
Utilities face a dilemma: How to deliver power through dry, windy regions without accidentally starting a catastrophic fire.
Environmental DNA contained in a small sample of water, sand or even air can reveal the presence of people, wildlife and pathogens, helping researchers track where they’ve migrated.
Birds that migrate longer distances are the ones having the most trouble keeping up with climate change.
Setting a price for power might seem straightforward, but in reality it’s extremely complicated – and residential customers have very little influence in the decision.
A case involving the potential dangers of glyphosate, the active ingredient in the weed killer Roundup, relates to broader efforts to protect consumers.