Catastrophic floods poured 7.1 trillion gallons of water on southern Louisiana in August, submerging thousands of houses and businesses and causing the state’s governor to declare a state of emergency. Meanwhile,...

In the fight to protect the environment, countless organizations and groups have spoken out about the impacts of the pollution of air, water and chemicals on the natural world. But while light pollution...

Torrential storms submerged Houston in two feet of rain last week, leading to flooding in the streets and forcing emergency personnel to rescue stranded citizens. These floods could be a preview into...

2015 was the hottest year and Dec. 2015 the hottest month ever recorded, breaking the previous high temperature records set in 2014, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association. Climatologists...

Driving to school, charging a phone and using a computer are seemingly unrelated events. The one thing they all have in common is their energy consumption. In the United States, about 84 percent of all...

In a survey for the first issue of the Winged Post, we asked freshmen which global phenomenon would most affect their adulthood. One response was climate change. According to NASA, global carbon dioxide...