Heat waves are among the world's deadliest weather hazards. Every year, vast numbers of people are killed by heat stress and ...

Water managers aren’t in for the exceptional year they had hoped for, with snowpack across the West underperforming in the ...

A field Gary Wilson used to lease for farming is now a Moab subdivision with around two dozen homes; one that sold last year ...

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Research highlights how poor housing, pollution, and green spaces affect respiratory health, with rural and urban communities ...

NASA scientists have uncovered significant changes in the global water cycle over the past two decades, largely driven by ...

Low-income favelas would benefit from green roofs but there are two problems: Cost. And a typical design that's too heavy for ...

Finding the balance between preserving natural areas like wetlands and making way for urban development is a challenge for planners, conservationists, regulators, and residents alike. A District ...

Thank you, Tom Dowd, for making my point on the quantity of water it take s to produce one almond. So … 1.26 gallons rather than 1.0 gallon, as I had referenced in my letter “Weighing almonds ...

Urban Heat Island Effect The Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect is a well-documented phenomenon where urban regions experience ...

Despite the uncertainty, Utah cities count on these transfers to help sustain future growth. Washington County, for instance, ...

It identifies droughts by looking at a “drought index” based on changes in rainfall and potential evapotranspiration, which measures the amount of water that escapes the soil and plants into the ...