In the days since last week’s fatal landslides at Mount Maunganui, there has been widespread discussion about what may have caused the slopes above the campground to fail, including the possible role ...

China set out to stop its deserts from swallowing farms and cities by planting trees on a scale the planet had never seen. After decades of work and tens of billions of saplings, scientists now say ...

China set out to stop its deserts from marching east and to lock more carbon in the ground. In the process, it planted tens ...

Heavy rainfall has saturated soil across the Triangle, weakening tree stability. Fallen trees can damage power lines, causing outages. NOAA predicts above normal rainfall and hurricane activity ...

Pine rings record a sharp rise in rainfall intensity and volatility, showing modern extremes exceed patterns seen over the past 500 years.

More than 7 inches of rain has fallen at Lake Crabtree over the past seven days, including almost 2 inches over the past 48 hours, as of Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 12. And more rain was expected ...