Valley fever is an emerging fungal disease in the western United States that most often causes flu-like symptoms, but can also cause dangerous or even deadly complications.

While some microbes can make people sick or spoil food, others are critical for survival. 

On Sunday August 18, 2024, a slow moving front accompanied by training storms brought extreme amounts of rain to parts of the Northeast which led to catastrophic flooding.

An Oregon State University researcher will receive $2.35 million from the Environmental Protection Agency to explore what happens to antibiotics, antibiotic-resistant bacteria and their genes after they reach wastewater systems throughout the United States.

An invasive, freshwater jellyfish is popping up in B.C. waters in the thousands and future sightings could increase rapidly, according to UBC research.

Cities in the Global South are more exposed to extreme heat because they lack cooling green spaces, new research shows.

It’s been an unsettled winter in the atmosphere above Antarctica. 

Securing the world's water supply is one of the greatest challenges of our time. Research at Stockholm University is now presenting an alternative method for quantifying the global risk of water scarcity. 

About a month after igniting on July 24, 2024, the Park fire charred nearly 670 square miles (170,00 hectares) of land in Northern California, according to a situation report from the National Interagency Fire Center. 

A new study sheds light on the vital role that the mixing of Atlantic and Arctic waters plays in sustaining the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), which is crucial for regulating Earth’s climate.