
07 January 2018
Expect environmental battles to be ‘even more significant’ in 2018
The Trump administration offered grand pronouncements about environmental deregulation in 2017. But this is the year to hammer out the details.
With fewer beaver dams, snow melt that trickled slowly into rivers and streams started flowing more quickly downstream. And climate change is making the problem worse.
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A wind power boom in the nation’s central corridor has been a financial windfall for some struggling rural areas.
Psychological trauma endured by survivors of extreme weather events like wildfires may have long-term impacts on their brains, according to a new study that reveals more on how the climate crisis affects cognitive functioning.
Thousands of Lowcountry visitors drive Myrtle Avenue each year, but as Georgetown County’s famed barrier island faces a forecast of a higher Atlantic Ocean in the future, the roads future visitors drive could be a bit higher.
If climate problems are made worse by sprawl and long commutes, then most new housing should be in, or close to, the urban core.
Sri Lanka has published its latest assessment of the conservation status of birds, showing a worrying increase in the number of species considered threatened since the last assessment was published in 2012.
In his new book, the famous scientist reflects on an unparalleled career on our fascinating, ever-changing planet.
California will soon have the largest oil drilling setbacks in the U.S. Experts say other states can learn from this move.
There is hope.
A corpse, woodworking dangers, plastic titans ... revisit the stories that stuck with our readers this past year.
For a lot of people, 2022 felt like the first “normal” year since 2020. It didn’t for me.
A new proposed plan would lead to a 97% reduction in carbon dioxide emissions and create 15,353 new jobs by 2050.