Environment

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is requiring any construction project it funds to be elevated above local flood levels

Claims that Przewalski’s horses were discovered in the U.S. are unverified. But the conservation story behind the last truly wild horse is worth your time.

Extreme heat can cause train tracks to expand and buckle. That’s forcing rail operators to adapt as the climate warms

Scientists, pilots and even a Jesuit priest have tried over decades to understand some of the most ferocious storms on Earth, but climate change is making such efforts to avert damage more difficult

It’s well known that petrochemicals are toxic to our health. Here’s how to steer clear of these by-products of the fossil-fuel industry.

Przewalski’s horses, once extinct in the wild, are revitalizing Kazakhstan’s “Golden Steppe”

Four recent Supreme Court decisions will together make it much harder for the federal government to take action on climate change

Heat waves are costly and kill more people each year than hurricanes, tornadoes and floods combined, but because FEMA doesn’t count them as disasters, communities miss out on important resources

Hurricane Beryl, the earliest Category 5 storm in the Atlantic, exploded in strength unusually early in its development, fueled by exceptionally warm ocean waters

The Supreme Court’s recent ruling on “Chevron deference” could affect federal regulations of everything from power plant emissions to electric vehicles to transmission lines

At least 230 new climate cases were filed in 2023, but researchers noted the growth of such cases was slower than in prior years

California is launching a heat wave ranking system, but it’s unclear how well such efforts actually inform people about heat risks