Studying the snowpack to gauge avalanche risk. (Paul Twardock/Alaska Public Media) Is the outdoors any riskier than our day to day lives? How does our risk tolerance affect our decision making? What ...

The sun beat down with unrelenting rays of warm light. Save for a few welcome gusts of wind, humidity hung heavy in the afternoon air at the Field & Fork Farm one day earlier this month. It was the ...

(WJAR) — Officials in Attleboro have banned all outdoor burning until further notice because of an elevated wildfire risk. On Monday Attleboro Fire Chief Scott Lachance issued the guidance following ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . High levels of exposure to artificial outdoor light at night and air pollution were associated with elevated ...

Hawaiʻi County Mayor Kimo Alameda on Thursday signed an emergency proclamation that bans outdoor burning and open flames in parts of Hawaiʻi Island to reduce the risk of wildfire.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 48 million Americans get sick from foodborne illness each year, and the risk rises in summer as the warm weather boosts bacterial ...

Strong, possibly severe, thunderstorms will likely rumble through the Kansas City area overnight Friday, bringing the threat of large hail and damaging winds, according to the National Weather Service ...

There is a high risk for wildfires in Mississippi on November 10, 2025, according to the Mississippi Forestry Commission (MFC ...

COVID-19 Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 are rapidly spreading across the United States. The highly contagious subvariants may mean altered guidance on outdoor transmission risk. Some have suggested ...

Axing the rule would undermine the lands that sustain our wildlife, our communities and our outdoor economy, writes Nat ...

Noah Long, the farm manager of the University of Florida Field & Fork Farm and Gardens Program, squints in the sunlight. “You won’t be efficient when it’s too hot," Long says. "Your brain isn’t ...