Environment

Meanwhile invasive Russian olive and tamarisk trees have moved in beneath the canopy, all fire-prone species. Fires in the bosque were once virtually nonexistent; now they routinely break out. In 2017, the Tiffany fire in southern New…

Nuclear reactors have a well-earned reputation for being massive construction projects that frequently run into cost overruns. Plus, once they are eventually constructed, monitoring and maintaining them takes a staff of dozens of trained…

After months of suspense, the Federal Aviation Administration has finally weighed in on the environmental effects of the planned expansion of SpaceX’s sprawling Starbase launch facility near Boca Chica, Texas. The agency says that if…

The spider web rice fields in Flores, Indonesia. The United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization Food Price Index shows international rice prices creeping up for the fifth straight month to reach a 12-month high, according to the…

From the window of a passenger plane flying over the Amazon, the view is breathtaking. “It’s just miles across of river and river islands,” said Lukas Musher, a postdoctoral researcher at Drexel University’s Academy of Natural…

But outside the walls of Warm Springs, so much is beyond the recovery team’s control. By nature, salmon transcend borders and boundaries, which exposes them to a gauntlet of threats. In rivers, fish face warmer water, droughts,…

Scott Keogh, VW, in San Francisco, California, Sept. 18, 2018.David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesCHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – Volkswagen is "actively" looking to establish new assembly and battery facilities in the U.S., Volkswagen of…

From soaring commodity prices to the "multi-billion dollar" hydrogen opportunity, analysts at Morgan Stanley and Bernstein name their top stocks to navigate the booming energy sector. The sector has been one of the few bright spots in a…

A general view of the Bahia Principal as Hurricane Agatha moves toward the southern coast of Mexico, in Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca state, Mexico, May 30, 2022.Jose De Jesus Cortes | ReutersBands of rain and gusty winds lashed Mexico's…

Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during a ceremony honouring the country's Olympians and Paralympians at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia April 26, 2022. Maxim Shemetov | ReutersDAVOS, Switzerland — Russian President…