Exposure to wildfire smoke is a growing health problem across the U.S., as climate change increases the risk and intensity of ...

The federal government typically covers 75% of rebuilding costs after a major disaster. President-elect Trump has threatened to withhold firefighting money from California.

Northern California has faced an abundance of rain, with some places in the North Bay logging twice their typical rainfall over the past three months. But it’s been almost completely dry in Southern ...

Researchers at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa have made an exciting discovery: a virus found in the ocean called FloV-SA2 carries the genetic instructions for making part of a ribosome—a crucial ...

A new UK National Oceanography Centre (NOC)-led study has put a major question mark over the role a unique group of tiny ...

Some Northern CA cities have been soaked with almost twice their average rain, while southern cities are bone-dry. This ...

Environmental groups applauded President Joe Biden’s decision on Monday to enact a sweeping ban on new offshore oil and gas ...

Stanford scientists’ pioneering approach can elucidate the migratory patterns of tropical loggerhead turtles across ...

New research led by UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography highlights the critical role of mangroves in ...

Underwater eruptions may seem distant to folks on land, but they have global significance. The 2022 Hunga Tonga event, for ...

The ocean is vital for oxygen, food supply, and carbon storage. At its core is phytoplankton—microscopic algae that produce biomass through photosynthesis, using nutrients, CO2, and sunlight.

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, or AMOC, is vital in regulating the temperature of the earth. Scientists measure it using scientific instruments deployed in different latitudes across ...