WHEN Hurricane Helene's floodwaters slammed into Lake Lure's century-old dam last September, gouging a massive scar into one ...

A 2024 report by the San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR) found that East Palo Alto, a ...

Many of the world’s biggest earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis occur along a chain of seismologically active ...

The earthquake was recorded at about 78 miles east-southeast of of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Harvard scientists reveal how wildfire smoke, filled with toxic particles, is emerging as a growing health risk fueled by ...

While India has a Heat Action Plan framework, its implementation remains weak in maternal health. “Pregnant women need ...

The recent tragic deaths of tourists stranded by flash floods in the River Swat were not simply the result of an unforgiving act of nature - they were a direct consequence of institutional failure.

CEQA is one of the most robust state environmental statutes in the United States. It requires public agencies to evaluate the environmental impacts of a project and includes substantive requirements ...

An estimated magnitude 8.8 earthquake off Russia's eastern coast has resulted in tsunami warnings across much of the Pacific.

The Union of Concerned Scientists is a nonprofit that studies local issues (again!) and develops solutions for a healthy environment. It predicts increasing tidal flooding on the Bolivar Peninsula and ...