Climate & environment

The number of crabs is an improvement from an all-time low in 2022, but still below average. The decline is less than 2%.

The Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore on Monday said the first public swim event in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor in decades will be held on June 23. Registration for “Harbor Splash” begins next week.

A viral video sounded the alarm about the effect of the city's sewage overflows on the Chesapeake Bay. The city has until 2030 to prevent them from occurring.

After what’s felt like an endless slog of muggy days and rainy weekends, the Baltimore region can expect warmer, sunnier days ahead.

When the mayor of Annapolis plans a $10 million, glass-walled maritime welcome center at City Dock — right on top of an $88 million public works project to save downtown by lifting part of it above climate-driven flooding — Historic Annapolis pays attention. The question is, is anyone listening?

No matter where you noticed the spotted lanternfly nymphs, they’re a sign of what’s to come. Experts said they expect a swarm of the bugs — which take on a dramatic red coloring when they’re grown — just like last year in Maryland.

Waves of rain moved through Baltimore early Saturday, and forecasters predicted clouds will continue throughout Preakness Day.

Demolition of Baltimore City Community College’s downtown Bard Building is scheduled for completion in early September.

Forecasters are calling for widespread showers and thunderstorms during Baltimore’s Preakness Stakes.

A non-profit organization that fought to reign in Maryland's energy market won part of its fight with Gov. Wes Moore's pledge to sign a far-reaching reform bill.

Since 1995, an oyster reef has existed at Fort Carroll, an uninhabited island in the Patapsco River near the Key Bridge.

As of Thursday morning, it appears the best chance for severe storms will be south of Baltimore across far southern Maryland and the lower Eastern Shore.

Severe, isolated storms are possible Thursday, according to forecasters.

Millions of oysters have been planted in recent years on a reef below the surface at the abandoned Fort Carroll in Baltimore Harbor, the Maryland oyster restoration coordinator at the Chesapeake Bay Foundation says.

Under a deal up for approval next month, two power plants in Anne Arundel County would continue to burn coal at least three years longer than planned — potentially costing Marylanders $250 million or more every year.

The sweltering heat in the Baltimore region on Monday broke the previous record of 91 degrees, set in 1974.

Temperatures will be even higher Monday as the Baltimore area is expected to hit 90 degrees.

Most of Maryland has a 50-60% chance of seeing warmer than average temperatures this summer, according to the latest seasonal outlook from forecasters.

A University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science researcher is raising questions about species leaving the Chesapeake Bay on the hulls of ships.

Put your flyswatter down.