After months of living with uncertainty, a dozen Louisiana residents travel to America's last frontier to get a glimpse into what their futures may hold. They ooh and ah at breaching whales, a calving ...

A vast body of research shows that every year, the shift to daylight saving time needlessly exacerbates various health risks, ...

John “Jack” Reed spent 20 years and 25 days as a physical oceanographer for the U.S. Coast Guard, and one of the major ...

The 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill Although not a recent event, the Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1989 remains one of the most significant and heavily studied spills in history. On March 24, 1989 ...

1989, the supertanker Exxon Valdez ran aground on a reef in Alaska’s Prince William Sound and began leaking an estimated 11 million gallons of crude oil. 2015, Germanwings Flight 9525 ...