Climate & Environment

As the emerald ash borer spreads across the Northeast, Indigenous scientists and leaders are saving seeds in hopes of someday breeding resistant trees.

Fire officials continue to monitor hot spots, using unmanned aerial systems for steep, difficult terrain.

A nearly 300-year-old Salem church is working toward installing a geothermal heating system in its neighborhood. The team behind the project hope it can serve as a model for other historic New England communities which face a dilemma: How to retrofit old buildings to make them more energy efficient, while still preserving their cultural characteristics.

Experts say climate change is fueling dry and warm conditions that can supercharge fires.

The retreating bluff along the access road, which runs parallel to the ocean, has almost reached the base of a small bridge.

Three helicopters and at least 89 personnel are now deployed to suppress the largest wildfire in White Mountain National Forest history.

A study by Birds Canada shows widespread declines in loon productivity over the species' southern breeding range.

According to the American Psychiatric Association, more than one-third of Americans worry about climate change at least once a week. Paradoxically, some political strategists have advised politicians to avoid talking about the subject. Some studies show people just aren't talking about it much, despite their worry, but there are also efforts to break that silence, through comedy.

Maine DEP and CDC met with city council officials and the public to break down results from six years of ambient air studies following concern over air pollution from the city's many oil tank facilities.

After more than a year of unexplained delays, the National Park Service is allowing the Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission to meet next week. On the agenda: defining the very essence of Cape Cod.