The history of humans and nature interacting makes Chicago's Lake Michigan shoreline a perfect laboratory for a course that ...

A recent Virginia Tech study reveals that the Pacific Northwest faces a heightened risk of catastrophic flooding and ...

In an ambitious effort to balance space exploration with environmental and community concerns, Vandenberg Space Force Base ...

The tsunami wave from an anticipated earthquake off the West Coast could reach 100 feet and permanently flood parts of the coast.

Bradenton and Palmetto are considering more intense coastline development while Sarasota and Manatee counties struggle with flooding concerns.

Worldwide, coastal areas are squeezed between a rising sea level on one end and human structures on the other. The distance between a sandy coastline and the first human structures averages less than ...

Worldwide, coastal areas are squeezed between a rising sea level on one end and human structures on the other. The distance ...

Nature-based solutions are cost-effective and scalable: UC Santa Cruz and US Geological Survey researchers found that ...

A recent study shows how fast cities along the East Coast are sinking, with some serious hot spots in NYC. See where, why and maps.

A new study ... coastal cities impacted by rising sea levels, either. Several inner cities are also experiencing the phenomenon. In all 28 cities included in the analysis, at least 20% of the ...

For the first time, scientists have mapped groundwater variables nationally to understand which aquifers are most vulnerable to contamination from orphan wells. Oil and gas wells with no active ...