They’re almost everywhere. And they’re bad. But there are some things you can do to avoid them.

As a punishing drought dries up stretches of the Amazon River, Brazil is resorting to dredging to try to keep food, medicine and people flowing along the watery superhighway.

Heidelberg Materials is betting it can profit from an expensive process that will reduce the carbon dioxide emitted from one of the world’s most polluting industries.

After Helene, it may be time to rethink how to communicate the risks posed by storms, especially extreme rain.

Experts offered plenty of advice about ways to make the disaster-recovery process work. Here’s what to do and what to avoid.

City officials have refused to provide estimates of when the devastated water system in Asheville, N.C., will be back in operation.