On a small, gently rocking research boat anchored just offshore in Chesapeake Bay, I lowered a sterile plastic bottle into ...

One new study identifies a 17 percent increase in the destructive potential of the strongest nor’easters, while another ...

Illnesses from stealthy pathogens known as Vibrio are advancing northward along numerous coasts, potentially ruining your ...

According to local authorities, at least 109 people died on July 4 and 5, most of which were swept up in floodwaters from ...

Billions in Damages and Economic Loss as Carolinas Grapple with Aftermath Tropical Storm Chantal, the third named storm of ...

Coast Guard air crews hoisted people from flooded RV rooftops to escape fast-rising floodwaters in Kerrville. At least 95 ...

The Great Lakes piping plover recovery effort has been ongoing since the mid-1980s when the population got as low as a dozen ...

But let's not single out New Jersey and Texas. Florida — especially Miami and many low-lying, overbuilt Gulf Coast communities — are other flood disasters waiting to happen. Even New York City, with ...

Do you ever feel the air change just before a storm, or catch yourself following a quirky family ritual when the clouds roll ...

Scientists warn that floods like the ones seen in Texas, New Mexico, and North Carolina are becoming more frequent.

Scan a modern sea-surface-temperature map and it looks like a painter spilled warm colors across the planet —except for one ...

While Texas may feel far from the Northeast, the lessons from the Texas Hill Country disaster matter here, too, particularly ...