Recent research finds that repeated flooding events have a cumulative effect on the structural integrity of earthen levees, suggesting that the increase in extreme weather events associated with climate change could pose significant challenges for the nation’s aging levee system.

While Vermonters support banning food waste from landfills – and a whopping 72 percent already compost or feed food scraps to their pets or livestock – few say they are willing to pay for curbside composting pick-up, new University of Vermont research shows.

A methodology used to ensure sustainable freshwater use and supply is now being used to develop national plans in countries like Nepal.

There could be important lessons from the fear of the Y2K software meltdown for those working against the clock on climate change.

To avoid the most destructive consequences of climate change, the world’s electric energy systems must stop producing carbon by 2050.

According to independent analyses by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Earth's global surface temperatures in 2019 were the second warmest since modern recordkeeping began in 1880.

Storm, flood, drought: With global warming, extreme events become more frequent and intense. They especially impact the poorest of the poor.

The protection of our environment and natural resources is crucial in today’s society.

To combat land degradation and fight poverty, the Chinese government has launched a number of ecological projects in southern China.

A University of Arizona-led study used the annual growth rings of trees to reconstruct a long-term climate history and examine the duration and frequency of "perfect droughts" in Southern California's main water sources.