Federal authorities have started removing hazardous materials from the Maui wildfires and laying the groundwork to dispose of burnt cars, buildings and other debris
October 04, 2023
Three homes were destroyed by a forest fire and a man was injured by a falling tree in the Bega Valley region of southeastern Australia, prompting a government leader to warn that a “horror” wildfire season is approaching
October 04, 2023
Did the Green Revolution, which brought high-tech agriculture to developing nations in the 1960s, prevent famine? Recent research takes a much more skeptical view.
October 04, 2023
Tropical Storm Philippe is drenching the U.S. and British Virgin Islands as it spins away from the northeast Caribbean on a path that would take it toward Bermuda and later New England and Atlantic Canada
October 04, 2023
The world’s frogs, salamanders, newts and other amphibians remain in serious trouble
October 04, 2023
A new study finds that far more people are in harm's way as they move into high flood zones around the world
October 04, 2023
South Africa’s overall mining profits slipped by more than $5 billion in the last financial year
October 04, 2023
The governors of Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island plan to procure offshore wind energy together
October 04, 2023
The first leopard cubs born in captivity in Peru are climbing trees and greeting visitors as they make their debut at a local zoo
October 04, 2023
Typhoon Koinu is sweeping southern Taiwan
October 05, 2023
A radio, batteries and a trap door on the side for stretching are some of the things pilots are relying on to endure what's been called the world's oldest gas balloon race
October 05, 2023
Rescue workers are searching for nearly 100 people after flash floods triggered by a sudden heavy rainfall swamped several towns in northeastern India, killing at least 31 people
October 05, 2023
Tropical Storm Philippe is aiming for Bermuda on a path that would eventually take it to Atlantic Canada and eastern New England
October 05, 2023
A new study of Florida’s fiscal vulnerability to climate change finds that flooding directly threatens many local tax bases.
October 05, 2023
President Joe Biden has directed federal agencies to use all available authorities and resources to restore “healthy and abundant” salmon runs in the Columbia River Basin, a move that conservationists and tribes call a potential breakthrough
October 05, 2023
Salt water inching up the Mississippi River is progressing more slowly than once projected — buying time for water systems in metropolitan New Orleans that draw drinking water from the river
October 05, 2023
A United Nations report says that storms, fires and other extreme weather events led to more than 43 million displacements involving children between 2016 and 2021
October 05, 2023
A typhoon is heading toward southern China and Hong Kong after bringing record-breaking winds and leaving one dead in Taiwan
October 06, 2023
A first-of-its-kind assessment says whales, dolphins and seals living in U.S. waters face major threats from the warming ocean temperatures, rising sea levels and decreasing sea ice associated with climate change
October 06, 2023
Hundreds of rescuers dug through slushy debris and fast-flowing, icy water Friday in a search for survivors after a glacial lake burst through a dam in India’s Himalayan northeast, a disaster that many had warned was possible for years
October 06, 2023
Indonesia has denied that forest and peat fires on Sumatra and Borneo islands are causing the haze in neighboring Malaysia
October 06, 2023
Georgia state troopers who shot and killed an environmental activist at the site of a planned police and firefighter training center near Atlanta will not be charged
October 06, 2023
Social media users shared a range of false claims this week
October 06, 2023
Almost 1,000 migrating songbirds have perished after smashing into windows at an exhibition center on Chicago's lakefront
October 06, 2023
Rescuers in India have found more bodies as they dug through slushy debris and ice-cold water in a hunt for survivors after a glacial lake burst through a dam
October 07, 2023
AI is helping shape the 2024 presidential race. But not in the way experts feared
With immigration and abortion on Arizona's ballot, Republicans are betting on momentum
Japan's Icom: highly unlikely wireless devices that exploded in Lebanon are our products
The US is more hands-off than usual in the Middle East. It fears making things worse
Weaponizing ordinary devices violates international law, United Nations rights chief says
The Midwest could offer fall’s most electric foliage but leaf peepers elsewhere won’t miss out
Phillies clinch 3rd straight playoff berth and close in on NL East title
Wojnarowski one of the first significant sports 'insiders' to step away from the spotlight