There is clear evidence that extreme heat events are happening with greater severity, frequency and duration. July 2024 saw the hottest three days ever recorded on earth. Data is also emerging to show ...

We live in an age of increasing wildfire disasters because more of us are living in places where wildfires and human ...

The quake hit around 9 a.m. local time, about 13 miles from Greenback, Tennessee, which is about 30 miles south of Knoxville, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

Currently, more than 8,000 people live in flood plain areas along estuaries in the Cascadia coastal region. But in the event of a high level of subsidence after an earthquake, that figure would ...

The combination of tectonic activity and climate change could significantly increase flood risks in the region ... that gradual sinking from a major earthquake along the Cascadia Subduction ...

Earthquakes, wildfires and floods all could cause problems for California prisons. A new audit says they aren't ready to quickly evacuate prisoners. This story was originally published by CalMatters.

Just as we wouldn’t build in seismically active regions like Vancouver, Victoria or San Francisco without accounting for earthquake risk, or in flood-prone areas like Winnipeg or New Orleans ...