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Retardants help to stop the spread of wildfires, but the chemicals often end up in waterways.

The comic book creator Edgardo Miranda-Rodiguez chats with io9 on how he collaborated with DC comics to help people…

Critical sea turtle breeding locations are at risk of flooding, and soon.

Field workers, many of whom are undocumented, are struggling financially since a series of atmospheric rivers…

Two fungi commonly found in plants and soil made meals of some of the hardest-to-recycle plastics.

The comic book creator Edgardo Miranda-Rodiguez chats with io9 about who La Borinqueña is and what defines her.

Researchers found coastal invertebrates, anemones, and even crabs living on plastic far out in open ocean.

PCBs were banned worldwide in the 1980s, but they're showing up in remote parts of the ocean.

A Miami National Weather Service meteorologist called the especially heavy rain from Wednesday to Thursday a…

The comic book creator Edgardo Miranda-Rodiguez chats with io9 on La Borinqueña’s ties to Puerto Rico.

Rob Verchick’s new book, The Octopus in the Parking Garage, calls for people to approach the climate crisis with a…

The U.S. coastline is changing rapidly, as new research shows.

California has been hit by so much precipitation, that drought has been deleted off the map.

The proposed regulation takes aim at toxic emissions from chemical manufacturers in the U.S.

A winter of relentless storms has refilled lakes all over California.

Less than a week after tornadoes devastated communities in multiple states, another round of dangerous weather is…

Snow depths measured near Lake Tahoe are more than 200% of average for this time of the year.

Images of the previously unknown snailfish species were taken deeper than 8,000 meters, off the coast of Japan.

The ingredients for major storms are being fueled by warming, but scientists say there's no clear connection yet.

The Midwest, Plains, and South are may get hail, high winds, and tornadoes Friday into this weekend.