As temperatures rise and development expands, the number of homes and other structures damaged or destroyed by wildfires across the U.S. is on pace to triple by mid-century, my colleagues and I found in a study just published.

The 2026 wildfire season has been a sharp reminder of that risk and why making homes and properties less ...Read more

In July 2014, a man sick with Ebola flew from Liberia into Lagos, Nigeria, one of Africa’s largest and busiest cities. One imported case in a place like that could have sparked an urban epidemic. Instead, Nigeria stopped the outbreak at 20 cases.

Health workers tracked down nearly 900 people who had been exposed and made some 18,500 face-to-...Read more

The Eastern coyote is now a common sight in Connecticut, with the population spreading across all of the state’s 169 towns and cities, but they haven’t been here for long, according to officials with the state’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.

Over the last 100 years, the coyote has spread from the western plains and ...Read more

Should artificial intelligence systems be given rights? One of the leading thinkers on the fast-evolving technology weighed in over the weekend.

Microsoft AI Chief Executive Mustafa Suleyman, in an X post published on Sunday, repeated his stance that current AI systems are not conscious, do not have subjective experiences and cannot suffer. He ...Read more

Should artificial intelligence systems be given rights? One of the leading thinkers on the fast-evolving technology weighed in over the weekend.

Microsoft AI Chief Executive Mustafa Suleyman, in an X post published on Sunday, r repeated his stance that current AI systems are not conscious, do not have subjective experiences and cannot suffer. ...Read more

If your home isn’t in a federally designated flood zone, flooding might seem like someone else’s problem. No one requires you to buy flood insurance, and the map suggests you’re in the clear. But reality may be very different.

Mounting evidence reveals that significantly more homes are at risk of flooding than is indicated by ...Read more

A pipeline that spilled at least 1.3 million gallons of hazardous natural gas liquids in Wisconsin two months ago garnered national attention and more calls for scrutiny. But thousands of small oil spills in the Great Lakes over the past decade have gone largely unnoticed, and little is known about their effects on the ecosystem, a new study ...Read more

Colorado has spent years pursuing policies aimed at reducing its reliance on natural gas. Despite that, voters are now being asked to make it a right to buy the fossil fuel under the state’s constitution, a status no other such commodity has.

Natural gas heats more than two-thirds of homes in Colorado, which holds the eighth-largest reserves...Read more

As is the tradition, the first full week of October marked the announcements of Nobel Prizes, with a new one each day: Physiology and medicine Oct. 5, followed by physics, chemistry, literature and peace on successive days. The first three often are considered the science prizes, and since their start in 1901, scientists in the United States ...Read more

There’s a sentiment bubbling up in the U.S. and Europe propelled by deep urges to preserve group identity, urges that trace back to the origin of the species. This drive has been actively suppressed in many nations since World War II, and yet Germany’s far-right, anti-immigrant party AfD just triumphed in an eastern state election, and in ...Read more

LONG BEACH, Calif. — For the first sea turtle eggs ever laid on California beaches, hatching day — hopefully — draws near.

At the Aquarium of the Pacific, 204 olive ridley eggs lay packed between layers of sand in the same styrofoam coolers scientists used to transport them to the Long Beach facility in late September — just days before...Read more

For some, it’s a solution to ensure reliable water for millions of Californians while protecting fish and the environment. For others, it’s a travesty that will deprive the state’s rivers of vital water and push its declining native fish closer to extinction.

A controversial plan that dramatically changes how the state governs the pumping...Read more

What’s in a name? For a growing number of companies, it’s a chance to more closely associate their operations with the artificial intelligence boom.

Some firms have gone lengths to add “AI” to their company names, while others have taken the more subtle step of renaming their website domains or products.

Experts say it’s all a move ...Read more

Trade disputes. Regulatory challenges. “Shifting public sentiment.”

Indications of a changing political wind are peppered throughout the latest filings from Meta Platforms Inc. as the firm readies plans to seek a record $98 billion share sale. There may be new taxes, Meta acknowledged, or regulations that will further “increase our ...Read more

NASA’s hopes for a 2028 moonshot to return humans to the lunar surface has pushed the agency to make changes, including spiking original orbital plans and delaying a full version of the astronauts’ new spacesuits.

The details were revealed during an Artemis program update last week. While Artemis III, a low-Earth orbit mission, remains on ...Read more

Hundreds of people gathered in Seattle this week to discuss the region’s future as a hub for artificial intelligence research and businesses, but disruptions by climate activists underscored the rising tension surrounding the technology.

During Seattle AI Week’s opening panel on Monday, demonstrators in the audience confronted Beau ...Read more

California's struggling truckers say they need more aid to help ports reach their green goals.

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, each with some of the country's most ambitious emissions targets, are considering additional incentives to help truckers switch to electric big rigs.

Even as record diesel prices have triggered a wave of ...Read more

MIAMI — In recent decades, Florida has slashed its forests and converted them to condos and crops more than nearly every other state in the nation, a new report published Thursday found.

Florida was fourth on the list for the most forest lost in the 28-year period scientists analyzed as part of a Clark University study — with 658,000 acres ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — The San Diego County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday advanced a $2.5 million project meant to reduce toxic air pollution at Saturn Boulevard, the South County hot spot where cascading Tijuana River flows release hydrogen sulfide into nearby neighborhoods.

The board voted to adopt a memorandum of agreement with the city of San ...Read more