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Research published this week finds that home sales volume and prices have declined in coastal census tracts vulnerable to sea level rise, relative to coastal areas less threatened by climate change.

A handful of states and cities are rethinking police traffic stops. They want to reduce or eliminate what critics have long called "fishing expeditions" that disproportionately affect people of color.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with Amy Meyers Jaffe of Tufts University's Fletcher School and author of the book Energy's Digital Future about the cyberattack on a critical U.S. fuel pipeline.

From the Great Plains to the California coast, a powerful "heat dome" has set records.

A surge in imports is overwhelming transportation networks and testing supply chains, making life hard for small-business owners.

Researchers have found hundreds of baby dinosaur bones in the Alaskan Arctic, suggesting that dinosaurs may have lived at cold northern latitudes year-round.

With maximum sustained winds of about 90 mph, Dorian was a Category 1 storm when its eye crossed over Cape Hatteras. It is now moving northeast at 24 mph.

Rescue crews are starting to reach the Bahamian islands devastated by Hurricane Dorian. The official death toll of seven is expected to rise as the breadth of the disaster becomes clear.

A humpback whale that had been circling the waters near Alameda’s shoreline for more than two weeks has apparently moved on in search of bigger fish. The adult female whale, which was affectionately named “Allie” by adoring onlookers who lined the shore for days to get a rare closeup glimpse of the animal breaching or … Continue reading Long Lingering Humpback Whale Bids Farewell to Alameda →

Senegal's former capital, Saint-Louis, is a UNESCO world heritage site known for its colonial style architecture. It is now threatened by climate change as the city's northern coast sinks.