As sovereign nations, Native Americans have been able to protect land, water and air, including well beyond their own ...

Ohio River flooding near Louisville this week marks the eighth highest river level on record, coming within a foot of major flood levels.

China’s 1km-wide solar array will be able to generate as much energy as the total amount of oil that can be extracted from the Earth.

Oxygen is central to life — not just for breathing, but for powering the vital cycles of carbon and nitrogen. Yet, oxygen ...

The model tracks the oxygen "turnover" — how much oxygen is produced and consumed — in inland waters since 1900. The ...

The Jalyukt Shivar Abhiyaan was started in 2014 to deepen and widen streams, build cement and earthen stop dams, restore nullahs and dig farm ponds to enhance water availability for farming. According ...

DR HELGA DO ROSARIO GOMES is a Research Scientist at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia Climate School. Her research ...

China recently approved the construction of the world's largest hydropower dam, across the Yarlung Tsangpo river in Tibet. When fully up and running, it will be the world's largest power plant—by some ...

A project to improve Libby Dam’s crane equipment, to lift and move materials at its entry or intake point, begins the week of April 7. The intake crane replacement project, one of several in ...

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