Electricity plays many roles in our lives, from lighting our homes to powering the technology and appliances we rely on every day.

Millions of people in the state live in low-lying coastal areas where land subsidence is exacerbating the risks of sea level rise.

The Cameron Peak and August Complex fires have punctuated a year of natural drama in the American West.

The Atlas of Global Surface Water Dynamics illustrates the changes in the Earth’s lakes, rivers and wetlands over time.

The Paris Agreement in 2015 proposed a target to limit global warming to less than 2℃ and pursue efforts to limit warming to less than 1.5℃. 

Conventional plastic is made from oil. The production of plastic is not sustainable, and it can contain substances we know are dangerous if ingested.

Secondary forests play an important part in carbon capture because they tend to absorb a larger amount of carbon than they lose to the atmosphere. 

For the first time since records began, the main nursery of Arctic sea ice in Siberia has yet to start freezing in late October. 

An area double the size of the UK is used to produce dry pet food for cats and dogs each year, a study shows.

In the fertile river valley along the border of modern-day India and Pakistan, the Indus Valley Civilization built some of the largest cities in the ancient world.