Energy/Environment

Just like all previous summers since the pandemic began, COVID-19 cases are ticking up again, even while other health threats make more headlines.

NPR's science podcast Short Wave brings us space news

Officials in Alaska are warning that ice melt from a glacier high above the capital of Juneau could pose a threat to homes and businesses in the inundation zone.

Millions of people in Europe stepped outside Wednesday to watch a spectacular sunset with a solar eclipse. The path of totality passed through portions of Greenland, Iceland, Spain and Portugal.

The Environmental Protection Agency spent millions of dollars cleaning up a massive residential lead superfund site in Omaha, Nebraska, starting in 1999.

The Phoenix Species Project promises sustained support for dozens of localized efforts tailored to the needs of each species.

The Environmental Protection Agency issued rules earlier this year for one controversial herbicide that can be prone to drifting and harming some other crops and trees.

Find out the best ways to view the peak of Wednesday night’s Perseid meteor shower from across almost the entire Northern Hemisphere.

"Snow eaters" are a new category of heat wave, marked by unseasonably warm weather that strips mountains of their snowpack.

Federal efforts to revive uranium mining in the West and decrease reliance on Russian uranium raise concerns about drinking water for tribal communities reckoning with the industry's deadly legacy.