A woman walks through the snow the morning after a winter storm on Jan. 5, 2018 in Boston. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images) At a Glance Climate scientists continue to investigate the impacts of global warming on our winters.A more amplified jet stream could keep Arctic air pouring into the East in the winter months, even as the climate warms.Recent winters are a perfect example. Brutal cold. Feet of snow. Warm-weather animals paralyzed in frigid temperatures. Global warming? The topic is oft-discussed...

Turbines at an Australian wind farm. (Imagevixen/Getty Images) At a Glance The cost of wind energy has fallen by about 23 percent since 2010, while solar has dropped by a whopping 73 percent since 2010.The researchers note that renewables for new power generation is not simply an environmentally conscious decision, it is now — overwhelmingly — a smart economic one. Within two years, renewable energy will be less expensive than fossil fuels, a new study says. According to the study...

A once-thriving town is nearly abandoned, years after a smoldering coal mine fire started driving residents away. ...

At a Glance Scientists used computer simulations to study changing regional rainfall patterns.The United States, Indonesia,Central Europe and parts of India and Africa will be particularly susceptible to dangerous flooding in the decades to come.The researchers say the risk of riverflooding will rise despite efforts to rein in climate change. Global warming will place millions of people around the world at risk from increased river flooding, a new study says. According to the study published last week in the journal...

The world’s worst nuclear disaster is about get turned into a renewable energy farm. ...

At a Glance An explosion rocked a nuclear reactor in April 1986 at Chernobyl, creating the 'the greatest environmental catastrophe in the history of humanity.'While the site remains highly contaminated and uninhabitable, it is being transformed into a green energy facility. The site of the world's worstnuclear disaster is being transformed into a renewable energy farm. Chernobyl was once one of the largest nuclear facilities in Ukraine, but in April 1986, an explosion at one of its reactors and a...

Meteorologist Ari Sarsalari talks about a new report shows that last year was one of the three warmest years ever on Earth. ...

The Canyon Mine, six miles south of the Grand Canyon, resumes uranium mining amid controversy from native tribe. ...

At a Glance Each year, nearly 1000 scientists and decision-makers from around the world take a surveyto identify and analyze the most pressing risks facing the planet.The survey looked at five environmental riskcategories this year. Extreme weather events are the most likelythreat to humanity in the next 10 years, experts say. Each year, nearly1,000 scientists and decision-makers from around the world take a surveyto identify and analyze the most pressing risks facing the planet. This year and for the second...

An underwater tank might be the source of an oil leak in the Columbia River at Astoria, Oregon. ...

In the July 12, 2017, photo above, clean water, left, and muddy water from the construction of the Rover multi-state natural gas pipeline seep into a creek in New Washington, Ohio. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak) At a Glance A pipeline being built in Ohio has lost 146,000 gallons of drilling fluid near a river. The liquid is a mixture of water and bentonite clay. It disappeared in the same spot as a similar incident that caused a nearby wetland to become...

Rocks are giving researchers a glimpse into Earth’s past. What it looked like might shock you! ...

Lebanon’s trash crisis intensifies after a powerful storm washes a mountain of trash ashore along a once-pristine beach on the Mediterranean. ...