Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The approach backed by Gov. Gavin Newsom would give water agencies more leeway in how they comply with water rules. Above, boaters ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock Government officials have warned in a new report that biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse are posing a ...

Birds are a barometer of the health of water sources, habitats, and air quality. A notable example is the use of canaries in coal mines during the 20th century to detect unsafe carbon monoxide levels ...

Last month, the United Kingdom issued a warning that global biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse could threaten the island nation’s national security, and indeed its very prosperity. According to ...

Britain’s national security thinking has traditionally been shaped by familiar concerns: hostile states, terrorism, energy supply, and, more recently, cyber threats. A new assessment from the U.K.

The focus of experts in global security tends to orbit familiar threats. War in Europe and the Middle East. Trade disruption and financial volatility. Technology shocks and threats to information ...

In dryland ecosystems, increased environmental stress often triggers a change from a uniform vegetation cover to patchy ...

The question of how to protect fish and the ecological health of rivers that feed California's largest estuary is generating heated debate in a series of hearings in Sacramento, as state officials try ...

The 14-page report listed "global ecosystem degradation and collapse" as a high threat to the U.K.'s national security and prosperity. It warned that the U.K. must shore up its food system and supply ...