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Climate change is increasing human-snake encounters, even as many countries remain ill-equipped to treat victims.

As opposition mounts, some experts wonder how long AI infrastructure can steer clear of the partisanship that defines U. S. politics.

The New Orleans Land Bridge protects New Orleans from storm surge. Like much of Louisiana's coast, it's disappearing at a rapid rate.

As the administration dismantles guardrails for industrial fishing, it's also threatening critical marine ecosystems that are sacred to Indigenous Pacific peoples.

Scientists are working to bolster heat-stressed kelp by attacking the urchins that prey on them and transplanting hardier kelp varieties.

The flow has been stop and go for the first few months, but the line shows plenty of potential to boost Massachusetts’ renewable energy supply.

When the United States takes the pitch against Australia this afternoon, millions of soccer fans will tune in. Anyone who hasn’t watched a match since the last World Cup will notice something new: players stopping midway through each half to drink some water.

A data center project that could land in California’s oil country could dodge national controversies over energy and water usage.

A new online and open-source tool developed by Arizona State University calculates the best way to stroll a city without overheating.

Indigenous peoples raise the alarm as Pentagon spending on lithium, graphite, and other minerals skyrockets.

When Congress approved a $1 billion Energy Resilience Fund for Puerto Rico in 2022, the money was desperately needed. Multiple hurricanes had battered the island’s notoriously fragile electric grid, and lawmakers envisioned the money supporting rooftop solar and battery systems that could provide resilient backup power during emergencies.

A development rush is expected to convert 10 percent of farmland into housing or industrial sites over the next 15 years.

How the cyclical weather pattern interacts with climate change could spark food insecurity around the world.

The federal funding is the latest twist in a decade-long saga to build a terminal in Oakland, California, that can export U. S. coal overseas.