We talk about flooding in central Illinois and why Illinois keeps getting hit with heavy rainfall.

Warmer-than-normal-temperatures in the Pacific Ocean are driving what could be the strongest El Niño on record. Here’s how that’s likely to impact weather across the central U.S this year.

Over 300,000 Illinois homes sit atop abandoned mines, with more than a century of coal mining having left a hidden network of tunnels across the state.

Researchers propose using underground aquifers to cool AI data centers, lowering the environmental impact of growing AI infrastructure.

YouTube video by Illinois State Archaeological Survey

In spring and early summer, bats are migrating to their summer habitats and are more active when they get there, so they’re turning up in unexpected place

Clustering and dimensionality reduction detect temporal shifts in multivariate solute, soil gas, and vegetation observational subsystems Environmental drivers of critical zone subsystems vary ove...

Almost every community in the Chicago area is at risk of flooding, and powerful storms are expected to increase. Here's what to know about flood insurance.