Fast population growth has left more people in flood-prone areas of Gulf Coast communities, including Houston and New Orleans. Often, those residents at most risk are the most socially vulnerable.

Limiting damage from climate change means cutting fossil fuel use. Many towns that rely heavily on oil and gas production aren’t prepared for that future, as a former White House advisor explains.

New research shows that Americans have positive feelings toward nature but also detects strong undertones of longing, guilt and worry.

Here’s how our understanding of underwater avalanches is changing.

Human interactions with fish can result in three kinds of interspecies encounters that strengthen people’s connections with wildlife and natural environments.

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A National Academies report finds crucial lessons for everyone’s disaster planning and recovery in a town hit hard by two hurricanes, downpours and deep freezes, all in the midst of a pandemic.

Reduced to its essence, the process of natural selection would look a lot like play.

Discovering beauty and urgency in nature: Simon Armitage’s Blossomise merges poetic grace with environmental activism.