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WHYY ‘Morning Edition’ host Jennifer Lynn speaks with Mt. Cuba’s Amy Highland about tracking down the plant.

As the world's top climate scientists released a report full of warnings this week, they kept insisting that the world still has a chance to avoid the worst effects of climate

A new battery storage system could make the Philadelphia Navy Yard more attractive to businesses by stabilizing power costs.

We’ve all heard the saying: “Don’t judge a book by its cover.” The problem is that’s not how the world works. Just about everyt ...

A potentially dangerous asteroid called Bennu has a 1 in 1,750 chance of hitting Earth between now and the year 2300.

They are known as “forever chemicals” because they do not break down in the environment.

The new IPCC report on the climate change says hotter temperatures and extreme weather are now irreversible. What can still be done to fight the climate crisis?

NJ climate expert says ‘the first priority is to prevent additional warming’.

The authoritative Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, which calls climate change clearly human-caused and “unequivocal,” forecasts the 21st century.

Dr. Suzanne Simard's new book explores how trees have evolved, how they perceive one another, learn and adapt their behaviors and remember the past.

An installation at Temple Lutheran Church in Haverford is the largest project Solarize Delco has completed. The county is creating a sustainability plan.

An ocean expedition exploring more than a mile under the surface of the Atlantic captured a startlingly silly sight this week: a sponge that looked very much like SpongeBob.

Cutting carbon emissions to zero in the next 30 years would save about 74 million lives this century, a new analysis estimates.

Scientists are meeting to finalize a landmark climate report. It's meant to guide the next decade of international climate policy, but it's unclear if politicians will act.

Just north of Delaware’s popular beach resorts, the Delaware Bayshore’s value economically and environmentally shouldn’t be underestimated, a new report shows.