The risk of urban flooding is rising. Overall, residents and municipalities are ill prepared, but there are steps homeowners can take to protect themselves.
No amount of post-consumer recycling can recoup the waste generated before consumers purchase their devices.
Calgary has already had two 100-year floods in less than a decade. But the city and the province have yet to take action to meaningfully lower the risk of future flood damages.
With elevated wildfire risks forecast across much of the western US this summer, here's how travelers can track local conditions, stay out of harm's way and avoid accidentally starting fires.
Shipping is becoming greener, but this brings new safety challenges.
Chytrid fungus has caused a global "amphibian apocalypse," killing frogs worldwide. Now some appear to be evolving resistance – but a closely related fungus threatens newts and salamanders.
This Speed Read makes the case why you should be nice to spiders you encounter in your home and consider a live-and-let-live policy.
New research shows green-blooded skinks have evolved multiple times, which could help lead to explanation as to why.
But often these new 'forests' have only grown thanks to increased deforestation abroad.
Effective conservation of migratory songbirds requires an understanding of how populations are connected between seasons. The challenge is being able to track individuals throughout the entire year.
Iceland is set to resume commercial whaling in June after a two-year hiatus, arguing that the moratorium put in place by the international community was never intended to be an open-ended ban.
Facts will only get you so far when it comes to climate change. To get conservatives on side, climate communicators must focus on the values conservatives hold dear, such as preserving the status quo.
Migrating to Europe changed the immune systems of birds who no longer needed to worry about African diseases.
Plastic can only be recycled a few times before it becomes useless. But even non-recyclable plastic can be used to help produce petrol and diesel. Could this process help overcome the recycling crisis?
I analysed 15 million words written by major oil companies and found their usage of 'climate change' peaked a decade ago.
