Climate & environment

A combination of high winds and a super moon, when the moon’s orbit brought it closer to Earth, is to blame for a low-water advisory for Baltimore Inner Harbor.

After nearly 40 years of pushing for progressive change on environmental and educational policy, Maryland Energy Administration leader Paul Pinsky is retiring from public service.

Musician Billie Eilish donates $11,000 to the Howard County Conservancy Youth Climate Institute.

No one — fisherman, conservationist or scientist — can say for certain how “the most important fish” is really faring in the Chesapeake Bay.

A low-pressure system brought upward of 2 inches of rain to the Baltimore region Thursday, weather officials said, causing flooding in some areas.

When Hurricane Melissa tore through Jamaica as a Category 5 storm, Seymour Clarke could only watch from afar — glued to his phone as videos of flooding and destruction filled his screen and messages from family back home trickled in.

While thermal inversions like the one Baltimore’s harbor just experienced happen naturally, humans have made the consequences worse.

Howard Community College traced a “substantial” water main breach on its main campus to the magnitude 2.5 earthquake near Columbia.

Hurricane Melissa left dozens dead and widespread destruction across Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica, where roofless homes, fallen utility poles and water-logged furniture dominated the landscape Wednesday.

The Baltimore region will see some rain this week, but the weather is expected to dry up in time for trick-or-treating on Friday.

With towering 300-foot sails — which need to be lowered to fit under the Bay Bridge — the Neoliner Origin will regularly unload automobiles, bottles of Hennessy and even cruising passengers at the Dundalk Marine Terminal.

For an “abnormally dry Maryland,” rain will soon come as meteorologists predict 1-2 inches could fall across the region between Wednesday and Thursday.

Maybe you missed the Columbia earthquake Monday. The magnitude 2.5 quake that jostled Howard County and surrounding areas around 5:17 p.m. was relatively gentle as far as seismic activity goes. Here’s what you should know about Maryland’s shaky ground.

Heavy floodwaters swept across southwestern Jamaica, winds tore roofs off buildings and boulders tumbled into roads Tuesday as Hurricane Melissa came ashore as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record.

“Don’t put a dump next to a stream for God’s sake,” one resident said.

This past summer, 34 people died from heat in Maryland, according to data from the state Department of Health.

Columbia-area residents reported feeling rumbles from a magnitude 2.5 earthquake Monday.

Hurricane Melissa intensified to Category 5 strength Monday as it neared Jamaica with up to 30 inches of rain and a life-threatening storm surge.

Tropical Storm Melissa neared hurricane strength Saturday and was expected to rapidly intensify this weekend, as forecasters warned of massive rainfall and life-threatening flooding and landslides in the northern Caribbean.

Highs area-wide peak around 60° for both Saturday and Sunday afternoons. On average, you’d expect high temperatures in the mid-60s heading into Halloween.