Even a limited nuclear conflict could cause years of potentially devastating impacts to climate and societies.

One of the most eye-popping late-spring heat waves on record made its way from the Pacific Coast into the center of North ...

For example, the data could inform where to expand public transit options. Or it could guide efforts to help residents acquire air filtration systems for their homes. So the people who have been the ...

The 2024 novel “Orbital” by Samantha Harvey has been awarded the first-ever Climate Fiction Prize. The £10,000 ($13,240) ...

Greenland is covered by more than 650,000 square miles of ice – a massive, frozen ice sheet that blankets the island and slowly flows toward the ocean. But as the climate warms, the ice is melting and ...

But the city’s water pipes, storage tanks, and fire hydrants could not keep up with the unprecedented needs of firefighters.

In its first few months in office, the Trump administration has rolled out more than 100 actions aimed at halting federal climate initiatives. With new examples being announced almost every day, many ...

In February, an international team of climbers and scientists summitted the highest mountain in the Western Hemisphere: Aconcagua in Argentina. After weeks of climbing and camping in extreme, rocky ...

A two-year-old girl walks through fields containing one million tulips grown at the Tanto Tulip Festival on April 19, 2025 in Toyooka, Japan. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images) Global land ...

Bud is an environmental journalist and journalism educator in the Washington, D.C./Virginia area. He started his environmental journalism career in 1974 as Managing Editor of The Bureau of National ...