Peatlands are important — the UN Environment Programme estimates as much as 600 billion tonnes of carbon are stored there, as decaying organic material gets trapped inside a water-rich environment.

Scientists warn that the world's sea ice - the frozen ocean water at the North and South Poles - has plunged to a record low.

According to the department, the money will go to the nonprofit Watershed Agricultural Council, which works with local farmers and landowners to support environmental agricultural and forestry ...

Three Bergen County municipalities have signed an agreement with the state DEP to reduce sewer discharges into the Hackensack ...

A new study finds only 17 per cent of the world’s peatlands are in protected areas, a vast under-protection considering how critical they are to carbon storage, biodiversity and water regulation. But ...

More than 3,000 people from across the country responded to the survey, which ranked the Top 100 winter road trips.

Part of The Leading Hotels of the World network, The Strand, which opened last November, is a new luxury, residential resort located on 2,230 feet of secluded oceanfront on Cooper Jack Bay in ...

The city has a tentative plan for the Furgary Shacks, the cluster of shanties on the Hudson River that date back to the 1880s. Two of the remaining shacks would be reconstructed for other uses and a ...

and flooding to parts of the Bay Area this week. The National Weather Service issued a flood advisory warning to parts of Marin County. San Francisco and Alameda County are currently on flood watch.

Edmonds watersheds map courtesy City of Edmonds. You can view a larger version on the city website. Part 2 of a 5-part series. You can read part 1 here. In the first ...

Its location: Beer Can Island on the St. Croix River, near Hudson, Wisconsin ... O'Connor said, since the bay near the island is frozen over. He worries about what will happen come spring ...

Google Maps will display the name “Gulf of America” instead of the “Gulf of Mexico” for U.S. users once official government sources are updated to reflect the name change ordered by ...