About 60 million Americans are exposed to nitrate in drinking water from farm runoff, raising the risk of several cancers and ...

Recent headlines have drawn attention to naming conventions and mapping technology. But maps have always been political, ...

In a highly competitive Democratic lieutenant gubernatorial primary, state Sen. Ghazala Hashmi (D) was powered by strength in her home turf in greater Richmond, while a very poor showing in the city ...

Humidity will soon surge to extreme levels across 40 states. Find out where there will be excessive heat and humidity — and ...

A new study says climate change has tripled the frequency of atmospheric wave events linked to extreme summer weather in the last 75 years. And the research indicates that may explain why ...

The regulation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) in drinking water remains one of the primary focuses for legislatures and agencies ...

Lehigh and Northampton counties are no longer under any drought conditions following near-record rainfall in May, the U.S.

But while two feet may feel far off, experts say the impacts of rising tides and extreme rainfall are being felt now. The widespread street flooding from two gloomy days of rain last week in South ...

Brood XIV cicadas, appearing for the first time since 2008, are emerging in the eastern U.S. Sightings are concentrated in western North Carolina, southern Kentucky, and parts of Tennessee.

SIX ESTEEMED sommeliers sit silently behind a judging table. A waiter tops up their glasses one by one and they appraise the stuff: sniff, hold it to the light, sometimes swirl, sip, swish between ...

Live tracker maps show that an atmospheric river is expected to continue dumping rain across multiple states in the Midwest and South through Saturday night. Why It Matters ...

But the United States isn’t the only country which has a coastline on the 620,000 square-mile semi-enclosed body of water. Both Mexico and Cuba also have rights to large swaths of the important ...