Staten Island, July @UncleJesse85 via Storyful This is what rain can do in New York City. In July, Jessica Louise Dye was on the subway when...
Insurance premiums are rising fast in the parts of the United States most exposed to climate-related disasters like wildfires and hurricanes. New research shows that, as...
This Louisiana resident expects to pay 45 percent more for home insurance this year. Similar increases are hitting homeowners across the state, where insurance costs have...
Almost exactly 10 years ago, a remarkable thing happened in a conference hall on the outskirts of Paris: After years of bitter negotiations, the leaders of...
China is quickly becoming the global leader in nuclear power, with nearly as many reactors under construction as the rest of the world combined. While its...
New York is experiencing extreme rainfall events with increasing frequency and intensity, according to a 2024 study in Nature. Since 1970, the city’s stormwater system has...
Source: Halpern, et. al., Science (2025) By Delger Erdenesanaa Graphics by Mira Rojanasakul; Photographs and Video by Madeline Gray This article was produced in partnership with...
Air source heat pumps are made up of an outside unit and an inside unit. They can also be hooked up to ducts, like a furnace....
Mexico City’s small urban farms — known locally as chinampas — practice a sort of agriculture in reverse: instead of bringing water to land as most...
In 2023, sewage plants in Maryland started to make a troubling discovery. Harmful “forever chemicals” were contaminating the state’s sewage, much of which is turned into...
