Drought, climate change and other natural and human factors are driving changes at Lake Tahoe.

Research team did long-term measurements of lake chemistry, studied sediment cores from the lakes.

Study finds incarceration more detrimental than divorce or death of mother, father.

Sierra Nevada freshwater runoff could drop 26 percent by 2100, caused by increased plant growth at higher elevations.

Researchers' revelations on the work we do, and how we perform it.

You know that look of fury. Researchers now believe it's part of our basic biology as humans.

Thin sheets of ice push enormous rocks across the desert floor of Death Valley when conditions are just right, solving a decades-long mystery.

UCLA social scientists find that marching in unison makes men feel more formidable.

An outbreak of algae-produced biotoxins that attack animals'€™ brains also poses a grave risk to humans.

The soil that makes Napa Valley grapes so special also makes the region vulnerable to seismic activity.

Study is the first to quantify how quickly these “committed” emissions are growing — by about 4 percent per year — as more fossil fuel-burning power plants are built.

Scientists at the Berkeley Seismological Laboratory were alerted moments before Sunday morning's 6.0 magnitude temblor, courtesy of the ShakeAlert earthquake early-warning system.