To reach the goals of the Paris Agreement, we not only have to reduce CO2 emissions, but also remove CO₂ from the atmosphere ...

A flash flood in Allegany and Garrett counties has stretched local emergency systems and emphasizes the need to turn climate ...

The Chesapeake Bay is the continental United States' largest estuary, spanning approximately 320 kilometers (200 miles) ...

The western U.S. is experiencing a late-season snow drought, according to an update Wednesday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Integrated Drought Information System.

Colorful, fast and acrobatic, dragonflies are a pretty sight when you spot them in nature. They're also invaluable indicators of mercury pollution.

Whether you get your forecast from an app on your phone, a website or a meteorologist on TV, most of the underlying ...

A commercial fisherman turned up an exceptionally rare find on the Columbia River last month when he ... but it's never been spotted before in the Pacific Northwest. Even 30 years later, it's ...

Befitting a storyteller from the entertainment industry, the saga of Steilen's renovation of a dilapidated property with Spokane River frontage has plenty of drama. The house was built in 1928 in ...

Like those East Coast storms, “atmospheric river” can feel like a buzzword ... the moisture-rich storms that develop over the Pacific Ocean and dump precipitation when they collide with ...

The ODFW stated that it is unclear how the crab arrived in the Columbia River, but it may have been introduced by humans or inadvertently transported by a passing ship. A similar discovery occurred in ...

Chinese mitten crabs had never been found in the Pacific Northwest ... caught the crustacean on April 22 in the lower Columbia River, which serves as the border between Oregon and Washington.