Warming alters plant germination timing, changing species dominance and reshaping ecosystems in unpredictable ways.

Lightning, sparks from cars or power lines, campfires and arsonists set areas aflame. Dry Santa Ana winds (40-70 mph, with gusts of 120-150 mph) whip fires into infernos. Depleted, defunded fire ...

Prysmian Group announced Friday that it has decided to abandon plans for a manufacturing plant in at Brayton Point in ...

U.S. states and territories are taking legal action against the government and oil companies over climate change impacts, ...

In a state that averages more than 7,500 wildfires a year some California homeowners keep helmets and fire hoses handy. However, the Los Angeles fires demonstrate a new reality: Wildfires in the state ...

Five tribal nations in Arizona have been awarded funding from the U.S. Department of Interior to help their communities prepare for the threats to their land brought on by climate change.

Mexican long-nosed bats have been identified in southeastern Arizona through citizen scientist efforts and innovative DNA technology.

The council said volunteers were needed on Saturday and Wednesday to plant 1,000 trees. The woodland is being funded through ...

We explain what’s known about how the catastrophic L.A. wildfires started and the factors that scientists do -- and don’t -- ...

Salt pollution in freshwater is a growing global concern. Excessive salt harms plants, degrades soil, and compromises water ...

Read: Are you sure your house is worth that much?] “California is like a driver that’s had five car accidents,” Michael Wara, a former member of California’s wildfire commission who now heads a ...

A new tool could make it easier to study scarce plant molecules. Researchers have developed so-called microbial cell factories -- using E. coli and yeast -- to produce a special class of plant ...