A form of harmful air pollution that often can't be plainly observed is now being tracked with a groundbreaking new tool developed by scientists that allows residents to see where it's coming from.

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Scientists have unveiled a map pinpointing the US regions most at risk from climate change catastrophes, which is especially pertinent as wildfires rip through California, with an iconic LA museum ...

Fears of climate change are decreasing in the United States, China and many Western countries relative to other concerns, according to a new survey. War, economic hardship and disease were more ...

Abundant worldwide, most fungi are inconspicuous because of the small size of their structures, and their cryptic lifestyles in soil or on dead matter. Fungi include symbionts of plants, animals, or ...

Click the downloadable graphic: States at Risk from Coastal Floods In the U.S., coastal floods now happen three times more often than they did 30 years ago — and the frequency and intensity of coastal ...

Climate change could sink the value of American real estate. That's according to a recent study by First Street, which found that $1.47 trillion in home values could be wiped out over the next 30 ...