The Midwest is prone to extreme storms, particularly during spring. Spring is a transition time when the cold and dry air ...

With rising temperatures, the atmosphere can hold more moisture, meaning precipitation has a tendency to fall at more extreme ...

As climate change melts ice sheets and glaciers, water is being redistributed across the globe — and could end up moving the point of Earth's axis of rotation.

Little of America’s energy comes from geothermal sources, but that could change quickly.

Greg Grandin’s sweeping history of the new world shows how immutably intertwined the United States is with Latin America.

The role of dogs in Italian alpine rescues is becoming more important as the number of people caught by avalanches increases ...

I should have known better. I have seen what wildfire storms can do to cities and entire towns: Santa Rosa, Paradise, Redding ...

The Mojave Desert may lose and gain suitable habitat for Gila monsters. But the unathletic reptiles might be mostly stuck in the waning oases.

Greenland's mineral riches are an increasing focus of the U.S. and, as the vice president recently warned, America's rivals.

We’ve all bought into the notion at least a little bit — that these mountains protect us from the worst nature has to dish ...

Forty-seven million professionals, patients, and health advocates have signed a petition to make air pollution a public ...

A U.S. Geological Survey effort to find underground deposits of clean energy metals has gotten bipartisan support.