Researchers at the University of Nebraska have developed drones that could be used to help fight wildfires. They would drop balls that would set controlled burns, getting rid of vegetation as a tactic to help prevent the wildfires from spreading. ...

At a Glance Unofficial ballot results suggest residents of the small Alaskan village of Shishmaref would prefer to relocate. The community has been identified as one of Alaska's most eroded and has lost at least two homes as the shoreline is eaten away.Funding has been increasingly difficult for the village to obtain. As erosion continues to eat away at the small Alaskan village of Shishmaref, unofficial results from a ballot suggest that a majority of those in the community has...

Extreme heat is being blamed for the deaths of several hundred fish found belly-up in a pond on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., officials say. Fish including bluegill, sunfish and bass were found dead this week in the pond at Constitution Gardens, which lies just west of the World War II Memorial, according to the Associated Press. National Park Service spokesman Mike Litterst says he did not know the exact number of fish that died. (MORE:) Officials say the...

New research says the Zika virus may cause damage to the brains of adults. ...

Entire Eskimo village in Alaska votes to move because climate change threatens its way of life. ...

UK researchers used data spanning 18 years and 62 wild bee populations to show that neonicotinoid insecticide use has long-term effects on populations. ...

A slew of breathtaking blue lakes are cropping up in East Antarctica, but scientists are warning that as dazzling as they may be, they are not such a good thing. “Supraglacial lakes" are lakes formed from the meltwater of ice sheets — a natural result of warm summer air. Lakes like these have been sprouting up , according to theCryosphere. While beautiful, the concern is that as meltwater drains from the lakes into the underlying ice, it can . What...

At a Glance Extreme storms are expected to unleash more rain as the world continues to heat up.Heavy precipitation events have become both more common and more intense in the U.S. in the last few decades.This year already ranks in the top 1 percent of all years for heavy rainfall. The staggering rains that swamped some 60,000 houses in southern Louisiana and shattered the previous state rain record are the latest — and perhaps most remarkable — in a string...

With a population of more than 5.5 million living at an elevation of just 6 feet above sea level, Miami will be one of the nation's first major metropolitan areas to feel the impacts of climate change. If the climate scientists and researchers that writer Jeff Goodell spoke with for are correct, those impacts could leave the city we know today as an urban playground completely unrecognizable. That's because Miami, he says, won't be there anymore. A social vulnerability index...

A new study says climate change could cost future generations trillions of dollars. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) At a Glance A NextGen Climate report says climate change will cost millennials and their offspring $8.8 trillion.The report calls for a change to clean energy to curb climate change. Climate change could have a major impact on the quality of life for millennials and their children, a new study says. According to a , the millennial generation will "lose approximately $8.8...

Rhode Island’s Block Island is the site of America’s first offshore wind farm, which is expected to lower energy costs and CO2 emissions and provide clean energy for 17,000 homes. ...

Millions of monarch butterflies spending the winter in central Mexico died after more than a hundred acres of forests were downed by storms earlier this year, experts say. ...

Indonesian police and Indonesian military troops try to extinguish a fire at a vast burning peat land forest in the Rimbo Panjang village, Kampar district of Riau Province, Indonesia on 28 Aug. 28, 2016. (Photo by Afrianto Silalahi/NurPhoto/Sipa via AP Images) At a Glance Several forest fires are burning out of control in Indonesia.Singapore's poor air quality indices spiked Friday because of the smoke from the fires.Six provinces in Indonesia have declared a state of emergency. A spate of forest...