Science

As Buffalo, New York, and surrounding communities braced for a couple more inches of snow Dec. 27, after enduring 4 feet of snow dumped over a six-day period in what Buffalo's mayor called a "once-in-a-generation storm," much of the rest of the country also was digging out from record snowfall. That included all of South Dakota.

In mid-December, 13 artists concerned about the global climate crisis staged a five-day pop-up art exhibition, "Mayday! EAARTH," curated by Marcia Annenberg at the Ceres Gallery in New York City.

Some 94 million people live in coastal areas in the U.S., despite storms like Sandy. While communities have rebuilt after natural disasters, climate change and rising oceans present challenges to long-term planning.

The post-Hurricane Ian landscape is expected to trigger housing, employment and other cost-of-living complications for the entire state and in particular on the Gulf Coast.

Commentary: We're approaching climate tipping points. While we must turn the clock back on our own destruction, do we have the resolve? A poem from our past didn't think we could do what we needed to do.

Movie review: From its first moments, "The Territory" places the viewer in a new kind of war — the war for the future of the Amazon Basin, and what it portends for Indigenous Brazilians, Brazil and even the planet.

Clothing items typical of school uniforms in Catholic schools could be sources of high levels of toxic "forever chemicals" and pose potentially serious health risks for the millions of students, according to a new study.