Earth’s water cycle, as we have known it, is spinning out of balance as a result of climate change and human activities, threatening long-term water security. Last week, the World Meteorological ...

Pope Leo XIV’s Views on the Environment and Climate Change While Leo has been outspoken on climate and the environment, he has attracted some criticism from LGBTQ+ Catholics for remarks he made about ...

In just 24 hours, the area, which is generally very dry, received more rain than what typically falls in a year, from Storm Daniel in the Mediterranean, similar to a hurricane and called a “medicane.” ...

Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) in Northern California was the go-to lender for renewable energy and clean technology firms. SVB understood the financing mechanisms unique to those industries and was the ...

The U.S. is facing a slow-rolling crisis over access to clean, safe drinking water but lacks a coordinated response to address the root causes of the problems, many of which are aging infrastructure.

The Biden administration acted last week to preserve rivers, lakes, and forests in northeastern Minnesota that have been threatened by copper and nickel mining. More than 225,000 acres of the Superior ...

Much of the first dam to be deconstructed, the Copco 2, is now gone, allowing the river to flow freely at that point. Jefferson Public Radio reports that the remaining three reservoirs can be drawn ...

The first anniversary of the war in Ukraine has passed, and its effects on the people and the environment will last for generations to come. Thousands of people have been killed, millions displaced, ...

Emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri) are the largest of the 18 penguin species that exist today. They have adapted to survive in Antarctic temperatures that can drop to -50 Celsius (-58 F) and ...

The seven states in the Colorado River Basin have been unable to agree on a plan to manage the river’s water, as long-term drought and climate change shrink available supplies. The three states in the ...

As many communities across the country remove lead water lines following the Flint, Michigan, crisis, there’s concern they may be “leaping from the frying pan into the fire” if they replace those ...

The coral reefs are already stressed from pollution and overfishing, and portions were bleached about eight years ago when water temperature rose under El Niño conditions, according to the Washington ...