Environment

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is considering new rules designed to stop large ships from colliding with North Atlantic right whales.

Scientists say warming in Greenland in the past may have been masked by local weather variability. But not any more. Climate change is blowing that away.

Overall, freshwater fish caught near urban areas and the Great Lakes were found to have the highest levels of forever chemicals, according to the study.

Since 2002, there have only been three reported fin whale strandings in the Gulf of Mexico.

Government science teams say that 2022 didn't quite set a record for heat, but it was in the top five or six warmest on record depending on who's doing the measuring.

A United Nations scientific report says Earth's protective ozone layer is slowly but noticeably healing.

he study in Thursday’s journal Science examined all of the globe’s 215,000 land-based glaciers.

The EPA is probing Colorado’s oversight of the state’s biggest polluters and whether the effect of that pollution on Hispanic residents and other racial minorities is discriminatory.

By October, the U.S. had experienced 15 major weather disasters with losses exceeding $1 billion in damage each, according to NOAA.

Recycling options vary among communities but here are some general tips on how to get rid of your real tree.

With piles of shiny Christmas paper, bows, boxes, and gift bags, some may be left wondering how to dispose of all the remnants.

Females and bear cubs are having an especially hard time surviving, the study found.

Researchers in the U.K. are warning about how microplastics can infiltrate our food, conducting an experiment that found about 230,000 microplastic particles in a traditional roast chicken dinner with sides.

The climate activists used a hydraulic lift and a hand saw to cut 6 feet off the top of the tree and hang up a banner stating: “This is only the tip of the Christmas tree.”

“He said this is free speech and he’s doing the opposite,” the 20-year-old college student who started the flight-tracking account said.

The two largest reservoirs on the river, Lake Mead and Lake Powell, are at unprecedented low levels.

A strong 6.0-magnitude earthquake shook southern Mexico Sunday morning.