David Schechter

Customers send their telescopes to Starfront Observatories, where amateur stargazers can view the night sky unencumbered by artificial light.

For decades, Bill Gates has warned of climate disaster — but his tone meaningfully shifted as he cautioned against taking a "doomsday view" on the planet's future.

With biologists from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service furloughed because of the shutdown, a critical release of 400 captive-bred ferrets is at risk.

President Trump's budget proposal for the 2026 fiscal year would eliminate the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which serves more than six million Americans.

An analysis that reviewed 16 years of data found contact burn injuries surged as summer temperatures rose.

Oyster beds are critical to a healthy ocean, because they filter water, prevent erosion and provide a home for an estimated 300 different species.

The "ice battery" system freezes water at night when the cost of electricity is low. Then, during the day, when the price is high, the building is cooled with the previous night's ice instead of using expensive electricity.

California is one of the top fly-fishing destinations of the nation, especially when it comes to wild trout. But as climate change continues to warm our rivers, the pressure is growing on California's cold-water fish.

As climate change warms rivers, the fishing industry is increasingly threatened. One nonprofit shows how it's helping to save the fishing-tourism economy.

Americans living in floodplains may be offered buyouts, but they don't always take them.

Americans living in floodplains may be offered buyouts, but they don't always take them.

Critics say some of the messages in these ads leave the impression that oil and gas companies are part of the solution to climate change — instead of the problem.

Critics say some of the messages in these ads leave the impression that oil and gas companies are part of the solution to climate change — instead of the problem.

Sugar maple habitats appear to be shifting northward due to climate change. Maine maple syrup producers are working to adapt.

Sugar maple habitats appear to be shifting northward due to climate change. Maine maple syrup producers are working to adapt.

By coincidence, a research ship pulled up to Los Angeles as the deadly wildfires were burning thousands of homes, incinerating plastic, paint, asbestos and car batteries.

In L.A., where the historic Palisades and Eaton Fires continue to burn, a Passive House was the only house still standing in its neighborhood.

In the U.S., the biggest polluters are often concentrated in underserved, mostly minority communities.

In the last four years, the Atlantic Ocean has toppled 10 homes on Hatteras Island. Residents are grappling with an unknown future.

Research shows most Americans think global warming will hurt future generations and that Congress should do more about it.