A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States has determined that there is a real risk that a 'megatsunami' could devastate the west ...

A new study by geoscientists at Virginia Tech, published in ‘Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences’, estimates a 15 ...

The snowpacks are a key source for water for the states in western US. With its rapid depletion, the states are left ...

Atmospheric rivers are drenching the West Coast with heavy rain ... evaded a brutal winter storm that slammed most of the United States over the holiday weekend. The first in a week of storms ...

A few important differences between West Coast atmospheric rivers and those ... with these systems across the western and eastern United States,” the Fifth National Climate Assessment found.

California’s $4.1 trillion economy remains the largest among U.S. states — and the fourth-largest economy in the world, behind only the overall United States, China and Germany, according to ...

FILE - Wind turbines of South Fork Wind are seen off the coast of Block Island ... about 10% of the electricity generated in the United States, making it the nation’s largest source of renewable ...