A new study using recent satellite data finds that all cities in the United States with populations of more than 600,000 are ...

We continue to celebrate American Wetlands Month. Did you know Washington is home to nearly one million acres of wetlands?

Largely due to groundwater pumping and shifting of land after the last ice age, major urban areas are subsiding, which could ...

While land sinking less than an inch per year might not seem like much on paper, small shifts in land can have big effects.

Historical records of $50 million to a few hundred million dollars’ worth of cocaine have been smashed in just the past month, which a Coast Guard spokesperson told the Washington Examiner was ...

If you live in a major American city, the ground might be sinking beneath you. Ground beneath major U.S. cities—including New ...

WASHINGTON — The D.C.-region is in a dry ... Recent weeks have brought brown lawns, stressed trees and growing concerns. Water levels in smaller streams and creeks have dipped, and some counties ...

Your home could be sinking right now, and you probably have no idea. A new study reveals that major American cities are ...

The maps allow us to see what the most forested ... In the face of severe water scarcity, the municipality focuses on planting native, drought-tolerant trees like velvet mesquite.

Bacteria form tiny ecosystems side by side with our own cells on our skin, in our mouths and along our airways and digestive tracts, as well as on all the surfaces we interact with—including our homes ...