earth sciences

With more than 200 wildfires raging across areas of Canada, some regions of the United States may experience dangerous air quality conditions due to t...

ALBANY (TNS) — What is more important: safe roads or clean water? In Upstate New York we can expect snow and, with it, the profuse application of road...

BELMONT — Cornell Cooperative Extension will host a presentation on chainsaw safety and forestry best management practices 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 13...

ELLICOTTVILLE — Lozier Environmental Consulting of Rochester, a laboratory that specializes in water testing, is expanding its operation to those who ...

Olean-area residents will have to be satisfied with the dry weather of the past couple days, as the National Weather Service predicts more unseasonabl...

(Editor’s Note: This story is a collaboration between Rochester Institute of Technology and The Associated Press.) HONEOYE (AP) — On a rainy March eve...

Anyone hopeful that the week heading into Memorial Day weekend might bring some weather suited to outdoor activities will likely be disappointed, as t...

WEST ALMOND — Recent logging that removed tall red pine trees near the trailhead parking area for Phillips Creek State Forest is part of the Sustainab...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is taking public comments regarding a second proposed wastewater disposal injection well in McKean County. In...

The sunny weather was nice while it lasted. After a rain-soaked early May, the last few days have been wonderful, with plenty of sunshine and — except...

OLEAN — Now that the calendar reads “May,” people in the Olean area can be sure that one sign of spring will have arrived: Rock City Park is open for ...

Local Forecast Today will be sunny with a high of 68. Tonight will be clear with an overnight low of 43. Sunday will be sunny with a high of 70. Sunda...

ELLICOTTVILLE —Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) of Cattaraugus County is teaming up with native plant experts at My Home Park to launch their first...

BELMONT — Cornell Cooperative Extension will host Chainsaw Safety and Forestry BMP’s from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 13 at CCE Allegany County, 5435 Rou...

Hinsdale Central School repeated as Cattaraugus County Envirothon Competition champions at the event’s 32nd edition held at Camp Allegany in the Red H...

It looks like April showers will continue to carry over into May, as the National Weather Service forecasts plenty of additional precipitation for the...

ALBANY (TNS) —The Business Council of New York Stateand a consortium of building industry stakeholders has filed a lawsuit challenging new freshwater ...

NEW YORK (TNS) — More than a dozen private companies around the world are looking to profit from extreme measures to combat global warming — filling t...