Science

When storms intensify and flooding increases, it takes a toll on the banks of our region’s creeks and streams. Are WHYY readers and listeners right to be worried?

Clean up is underway from an oil spill that has migrated from Broadkill, to Plum Beach Island, the Roosevelt Inlet and Lewes.

But Solvay says it’s not responsible for environmental contamination with "legacy" chemicals.

In science, we tend to focus on the destination, not the journey. But for every big breakthrough, every historic discovery, there are cou ...

Single use plastic and energy-hogging equipment are among the culprits. Some scientists are trying to find a better way. 

Data from the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shows Pennsylvania had 686 fires on average each year between 2015 and 2019.

In the wake of heat waves, global warming and forest fires, the U.N. is warning that the number of people who need international humanitarian help could rise 50% by 2030.

The pandemic has changed the way a lot of us understand and experience happiness. In normal times, we think of happiness as a big-picture ...

More than 50 piping plover chicks were born along Delaware's beaches this year, well above the long-term species recovery goal.

One study is trying to help scientists and researchers answer one big question: Just how does the virus that causes COVID-19 spread from one person to another?

Pennsylvania’s utility regulator is siding with a Cumberland County man in his complaint against Sunoco’s Mariner East pipeline.

We’re trying to have more meaningful conversations about racism as a country. Part of that means talking about implicit bias — assump ...

Mariner East construction at three sites that require drilling through porous limestone can shift from horizontal directional drilling to open trench.

Scientists say human impacts are clear.

Currently, state buys power on PJM capacity market. Critics want New Jersey to go it alone.