FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A recent study by Florida International University found 21 types of PFAS “forever chemicals” in South Florida’s rainwater. The evidence in the study suggests that some of the ...

A recent study by Florida International University found 21 types of PFAS “forever chemicals” in South Florida’s rainwater. The evidence in the study suggests that some of the PFAS that end up in ...

Cities often get more rain and experience extreme rainfall more often compared to surrounding areas, a new study finds, a phenomenon that compounds other risk factors for urban flooding. Of the more ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — As extreme weather events have hit the world hard in recent years, one meteorology term — atmospheric rivers — has made the leap from scientific circles to common language, ...

Sure, we've all heard of the urban heat island effect, where cities are hotter than surrounding rural areas. Now scientists have discovered a similar urban "rain island effect," where cities appear to ...

The environmental threat posed by atmospheric rivers — long, narrow ribbons of water vapor in the sky — doesn’t come only in the form of concentrated, torrential downpours and severe flooding ...