Parts of New York’s Hudson Valley were hit with 10 inches of rain, and the mountains of Vermont – where runoff can quickly turn deadly – saw some its worst flooding since Hurricane Irene.

Nearly 22 million people lived within 3 miles of a US wildfire in the past two decades. A new study tracking their locations flips the script on who is at risk.

Nearly 22 million people lived within 3 miles of a US wildfire in the past two decades. A new study tracking their locations flips the script on who is at risk.

The UK trails European neighbours on replacing gas boilers with energy-efficient heat pumps.

A newborn bison calf in Yellowstone National Park had to be euthanized after a visitor handled it in May 2023 – a recent example of how trying to help wild animals often harms them.

In praise of messy rivers.

A team of researchers was able to generate electron spin domains without the need of magnetic fields on perfectly ordered materials at extremely low temperatures.

Homeowners in mostly white communities prefer to risk another flood rather than move to a more diverse neighborhood on safer ground.

Cooking with gas stoves can raise indoor levels of the carcinogen benzene above those found in secondhand smoke.