World leaders and civil society representatives gathering in Baku, Azerbaijan, for their annual climate policy negotiations face a grim challenge: how to stem greenhouse gas emissions and reverse ...

When most people hear "infrastructure," they picture roads, buildings, and other human-made structures. But experts at the University of Georgia’s Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems (IRIS) ...

Lately, it seems our major political parties can find little to agree on. Nevertheless, some policies still garner strong bipartisan support, including protecting America’s public safety and wildlife ...

The science is clear: Fisheries in the northeast Atlantic Ocean, and many of the marine species that rely on healthy fish populations there, are in decline. This is due in large part to overfishing of ...

North Atlantic swordfish are top predators that have adapted to hunting squid and other prey in deep waters. The species is priced commercially, with catch worth as much as US$10 million per year in ...

Stat: 1 foot: the amount the sea level rose in the Chesapeake Bay in the last century, twice as fast as the global average. Story: Climate change is driving sea-level rise and worsening coastal ...

Robust employment rates among prime-age Americans are a key driver of state finances, and women’s contributions are on the rise. In most of the country, higher shares of women were employed in 2023 ...

The science is clear: Marine protected areas (MPAs) are essential to helping our ocean recover from human-inflicted damage and thrive far into the future. But for MPAs to work, marine managers need ...

Retirement security depends on individuals saving for their future, but millions of Americans lack access to an employer-provided savings plan that might help them do so. Research shows that workers ...

Clean energy industries, from solar and wind to electric vehicles and battery storage, have already added hundreds of thousands of jobs to the U.S. economy and could prove to have a historic impact on ...

Robin Delucia had to reenter the workforce after initially retiring at 70 because she couldn’t live on her nest egg. And she’s not alone. Nearly a third of retirees are considering going back to work ...

Extreme weather impacts are felt at the local level first, something 3,143 county governments throughout the United States know all too well. According to the National Association of Counties (NACo), ...