The Texas Legislature passed a requirement in its special session that children’s cabins at camps are not to be built within the floodplain. But how are floodplains determined? By a group within ...

Changes to the seasons will also have big impacts on the environment—altering the growing seasons for plants and changing migration patterns for animals. “If you shorten the spring, you're severely ...

Meteorologists are reaching for superlatives to describe an oncoming heat wave so intense and rare for this time of year that ...

In June 2025, a climate change-driven heat wave caused roads to buckle in multiple states. The same heat caused train tracks to warp, resulting in major delays for rail commuters across the East Coast ...

Establishing forests can capture carbon and boost biodiversity — but some biomes are a better bet than others, a recent study ...

In the fight against the climate crisis, countries are pinning great hope in reforestation projects. In a new study, ETH ...