The only ice lab in the country, where researchers work at temperatures of up to -22ºF, studies samples from around the world to understand the impact of climate change
It will be a little more than 20 years before such a phenomenon can be seen in North America again
About a fifth of homes in the Navajo Nation — located in northeastern Arizona, northwestern New Mexico and southeastern Utah — do not have access to electricity
Industry groups condemned the pause as a ‘win for Russia,’ while environmentalists cheered an action they have long been seeking
As a deadline to allocate federal Covid-19 cash approaches next year, states must decide how much to invest in maintaining warehouses and supply stockpiles
The slide tore down a swath of evergreen trees from the top of the mountain, striking homes and burying a highway near the island community of Wrangell
US is warming about 60% faster than the world as a whole. It regularly gets smacked with costly weather disasters and faces even bigger problems in the future
In addition to not approving the University of Wisconsin pay raises, Gov. Tony Evers argues that the Legislature is blocking state conservation programs
The Administration is trying to navigate between energy companies seeking greater oil and gas production and environmental activists who want Biden to shut down new offshore drilling in the fight against climate change
It is the latest fatality involving politicians or their loved ones in the nation’s largest state where flights are common because of a limited road system
The Biden Administration will scrap contracts in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and ban drilling on more than half the National Petroleum Reserve
The Department of Interior’s scrapping of the leases comes after the Biden administration disappointed environmental groups earlier this year by approving the Willow oil project
Biden is scheduled to travel to India from Sept. 7-10 to attend a summit with other world leaders, followed by a stop in Vietnam
The circumstances of each missing person in classified into one of four categories: environmental, nonsuspicious, suspicious or unknown. About 75% of the cases fit in the environmental category
Many Democrats fear the party will boost former President Donald Trump’s bid to return to the White House
Saturday’s event was astonishing because the water gushed so quickly, raising the river’s flows to about 1 1/2 times the highest previously recorded
It is receding so quickly that by 2050, it might no longer be visible from the visitor center it once loomed outside
The United States Geological Survey says the earthquake occurred 65.8 miles south of Sand Point, Alaska, at 10:48 p.m. Saturday
The justices rejected a broad attack from some Republican-led states and white families who argued that the system is based on race. Tribal leaders have backed the law as a means of preserving their families, traditions and cultures
The warmer winters of recent decades are altering a sophisticated survival strategy shaped by millions of years of evolution
The helicopters were headed to Fort Wainwright from a mission in the Donnelly Training Area. They crashed at about 1:40 p.m. Thursday about 50 miles east of Healy
The U.S. is headed into an El Niño year this season, which traditionally means a bigger fire year and further raises concerns
A long-standing food crisis has been worsened by the pandemic, inflation and the remnants of a typhoon that wiped out stockpiles of fish and fishing equipment
Twenty-five U.S. jurisdictions have legalized the drug, while others have only decriminalized. If you’re traveling, make sure to avoid legal issues
The unusual visual spectacle was the result of excess fuel being jettisoned at high altitude, where it turns into ice and, in the sunlight, produces what on the ground look like a big, swirly cloud
Sixteen Native men are being honored for saving the crew of a U.S. plane shot down over the Bering Strait by Soviet fighter jets nearly 70 years ago
Minnesota sued Juul in 2019, accusing the San Francisco-based company of unlawfully targeting young people with its products to get a new generation addicted to nicotine
