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From PFAS to private wells, what North Carolinians should know about the water flowing out of their taps.

As more and more hours of the day become too hot for outdoor labor in many tropical and subtropical regions, annual economic losses could reach $1.6 trillion annually.

Until this year, methane hadn’t received the attention it deserved for being a huge source of greenhouse gas in the atmosphere, despite being nearly as much to blame as carbon for overheating the planet.

As this focus on coal has intensified, an international coalition of environmentalists and lawyers has begun a global campaign to make systemic, long-lasting environmental devastation like coal extraction an international crime called “ecocide” before the International Criminal Court.

Outdoor jobs such as agricultural or construction work could become impossible to perform safely on hot afternoons in many parts of the world, NASA-funded study warns.

The largest-ever camera trap study in Central America, on Costa Rica’s Osa Peninsula, has revealed how human disturbance affects where animals live and how they’re grouped.

Eighteen emerging leaders from water and wastewater utilities across the United States have been selected as 2022 Fellows of 91��������’s Water Innovation Leadership Development (WILD) executive education program.

Integrating satellite data and hundreds of thousands of individual bird sightings posted on eBird, an online public database, scientists have developed a more precise method for mapping the habitats of more than 1,300 forest bird species at high risk of extinction.

Loss of habitat and poaching have made African forest elephants a critically endangered species.

$1 million Durham study to examine exposure from chemicals in building materials and consumer products and evaluate mitigation strategies to reduce exposures during pregnancy

The time has come to discourage further development, to consider moving some existing development out of harm’s way, and for everyone on the Outer Banks to contemplate the mounting losses that they will experience with the coming of the storms on time’s horizon.

Nicholas School of the Environment faculty members Emily Bernhardt, Ram Oren, Drew Shindell, Heather Stapleton, Avner Vengosh and Mark Wiesner were named to the 2021 list of the world’s Most Highly Cited Researchers.

Coastal marshes that have been invaded by feral hogs recover from disturbances up to three times slower than non-invaded marshes and are far less resilient to sea-level rise, extreme drought and other impacts of climate change.

If you have ever taken a look at the ocean at night, some of you may see it light up in different colors like neon green or blue. Well, this is by no mistake.

The United States Department of Energy has awarded 91�������� a $7.5 million grant to research the impact that offshore wind development can have on wildlife and marine life.