Yellowstone-area floods strand visitors and residents, prompt evacuations
"Unprecedented" floods wash out bridges, basements, and roads, close hospital
Environment
A sighting reveals extinction and climate change in a single image
A group of researchers photograph a woolly mammoth tusk on the banks of the Koyukuk River in Alaska.
A Hispanic community teams up with activists to demand protection from pollutants
Residents say a steel mill in Pueblo, Colo., has received preferential treatment for decades as it polluted the creek that runs along their neighborhood.
New Zealand announces world-first plan to tax cow and sheep burps
New Zealand has announced a plan to tax livestock burps in an effort to curb the country's greenhouse gas emissions. It would be the first time a country has done this.
This New Zealand plan would tax burps from cows and sheep
New Zealand's proposal to fight climate change includes taxing farmers for the amount of burps their cows and sheep emit.
Great Lakes ice coverage declines as the climate warms
Scientists from the U.S. and Canada are creating the first systematic baseline of winter conditions on the Great Lakes — providing important clues about how climate is affecting lake ecosystems.
The federal government is planning to phase out single-use plastics at national parks
More than 300 million tons of plastic are produced in the U.S. each year, with 14 million of them ending up in the ocean, according to the Department of Interior.
Hudson Canyon, a giant underwater chasm, could be the newest national marine sanctuary
The site — comparable in size to the Grand Canyon — is about a hundred miles off the coast of New York City. It's home to a number of sensitive species including sperm whales and sea turtles.
Los Angeles should lose its lawns, some say
Los Angeles is facing some of the most severe water restrictions the city has ever seen. Will lawns survive? Some suggest the city should eliminate this elitist status symbol all together.
In California, Newsom runs for reelection 9 months after defeating a recall attempt
In 2021, the GOP forced Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom into a recall election. After a decisive victory, he's seeking another four years in office while facing high inflation and chronic homelessness.