Environment

50 acres preserved for public on Northeast Philly mental health hospital grounds.

According to NOAA, historical data indicates that Sept. 10 is the day when tropical system activity is most likely to be occurring in the Atlantic basin.

Hurricane Florence is expected to hit the southeastern U.S. as "a large and extremely dangerous hurricane," the National Hurricane Center says.

An Energy Transfer Partners pipeline exploded this morning, destroying one home. No injuries were reported.

The Sahara desert is expanding, and has been for at least a century. It's a phenomenon that seems impossible to stop.

A slew of dangerous storms – hurricanes, tropical storms and a typhoon — are currently traveling over both the Atlantic and Pacific.

The Jersey Shore should prepare for at least a few rounds of tidal inundation through Monday evening.

In fall, a young man’s fancy turns to…killing greasy grubs! On the latest You Bet Your Garden, Mike McGrath lays out your or ...

Making energy out of trash has great environmental appeal.

It’s been a year since Hurricane Maria swept through Puerto Rico, destroying lives and reducing many communities to rubble. The storm a ...

In Puerto Rico, a group of farmers help each other rebuild and prepare for the coming hurricane season.

More than half of the island's beaches are losing sand. That's a problem when most of the population lives along the coast.

As hurricane winds swept across Puerto Rico, journalist Syra Ortiz-Blanes watched from Philadelphia, unsure if her family back home was safe.

One of the most complicated pieces of technology — the power grid — is no match for the forest.

Forecasters are monitoring the potential for an East Coast impact by Hurricane Florence, a weak cyclone situated about 1,000 miles southe ...