After heavy rain occurs in the U.S. Virgin Islands, runoff can temporarily raise bacteria levels in nearshore waters, ...

After weeks of warmth and dry weather, forecasters say a cooler, wetter mid‑February pattern could revive California’s winter ...

The East may have been plunged into a deep freeze this winter, but a hot, dry winter in the West is raising alarms among ...

New research finds bottled water contains twice as many plastic particles as tap water, with millions of nanoplastics per ...

Groundwater hides dense communities of rock-bound microbes that shape water quality and help store carbon below ground.

A new study reveals that chemicals used to replace ozone-damaging CFCs are now driving a surge in a persistent “forever ...

With her new documentary, the actor and activist takes on the fossil fuel industry’s extraction and export of liquefied natural gas in Texas and Louisiana.

Oregon’s snowpack is looking in dire condition after January’s dry spell has left much of the West with what NOAA is calling “the worst snowpack in decades.” ...

Prolonged drought across much of the West has been worsened this winter by below‑average snowfall and persistent warmth.

Abilene-based Natura Resources, which won the first federal construction permit for a liquid-fueled molten-salt reactor in ...

Concentrations of a forever chemical known as TFA is increasing in rainwater, drinking water, soil and plants.

The chemicals that helped save the ozone layer may be quietly seeding the planet with an indestructible pollutant.