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As those battered by Hurricane Ian contend with the storm’s aftermath, a multitude of federal, state and local agencies, along with nonprofit and charitable groups, are stepping in to provide for Florida residents’ immediate needs and to help them start rebuilding their lives.

Toxins in lake bottom may become available to food web

Researchers are about to start drilling a 400-foot deep hole on Duke’s campus to explore geothermal possibilities and conduct geological research.

Scientists have detected coal ash in sediment at the bottom of five North Carolina lakes, evidence that it can reach bodies of water in previously unknown ways.

A new study finds that pollution from coal ash is not strictly limited to landfills and pits that contain it but is present in the sediment and water of five NC lakes and can enter the aquatic food chains.

Authorities in the South are tallying the extensive damage left by Hurricane Ian. Scientists say climate change is making hurricanes like Ian wetter, windier and more intense all around.

European policymakers pointed Wednesday to sabotage as they launched investigations into breaches of three major underwater natural gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea, blasts that experts said could result in the largest-ever single release of methane into the atmosphere from the energy sector.