Climate
If finalized, the proposal would end the Biden-era restrictions for four toxic PFAS compounds and give utilities two more years to comply with limits on two other compounds.
A stopgap proposal from Arizona, California and Nevada is unlikely to break the stalemate in negotiations over the future of the river.
A new study indicates that minuscule pieces of plastic — particularly ones of various colors — are contributing to heating the atmosphere.
“When I look at Buxton, I see it as more of what’s to come,” one researcher said of the rapid erosion reshaping parts of the North Carolina coastline.
Surging concentrations of carbon in the atmosphere have produced potent changes in the way plants grow, draining the nutrients from food.
The withdrawal of tourism executive Scott Socha marks a fresh setback for the National Park Service amid cuts during the Trump administration.
Rainmaker says it is the first U.S. commercial cloud-seeding operation to prove it has generated water, in efforts to battle drought in Utah and Idaho.
The discovery, using novel techniques to analyze fossilized jaws, details how colossal octopuses hunted the Late Cretaceous depths, competing with apex predators.
An estimated 33.5 million children in the United States — or nearly half of people under 18 — live in an area that received a failing grade for at least one measure of air pollution.
Environmental advocates condemned the proposals as an affront to public health and the communities that could be exposed to pollution from nearby ash pits.
A vast industry encompassing exotic pets, trophy hunting and materials used in fashion is amplifying animal-to-human transmission of pathogens, a new study says.
New projections suggest the population of adult emperor penguins left in the wild, which stands at less than 600,000, could fall to half that by the 2080s.
About half the land will soon belong to the state of Georgia, which plans to turn it into a new wildlife management area open to the public.
Maple syrup has long been the lifeblood of Virginia’s Highland County. This year, a brutal ice storm and recent warmth brought one of the worst syrup seasons in recent memory.
The aggressive pace of expansion has alarmed advocates who say the construction will destroy pristine country, threaten endangered species, and cut off access to sacred Indigenous and archaeological sites.
The “swarm” of tremors has caused worry but little damage. Still, the state’s history includes the most deadly and destructive earthquake in the eastern U.S.
New technology enables us to perceive sounds beyond human hearing range, allowing a new perspective on our place on the planet.
Scientists call the phenomenon “evolutionary rescue” — when a species’ genetic diversity allows it to survive amid extreme threats.
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