Scientists, lawmakers and those who make their living from Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay are teaming up to hunt for the reason why quahogs appear to be on the decline
October 24, 2023
A new report warns that the proliferation of child sexual abuse images on the internet could become much worse if something is not done to put controls on artificial intelligence tools that generate deepfake photos
October 24, 2023
Toyota, Honda, Nissan and other Japanese automakers are serious about rolling out battery electric vehicles to catch up with the world's frontrunners like Tesla and BYD
October 25, 2023
As winter approaches, a Vermont ski town that was hit by severe flooding this summer wants to get the word out that its very much open, with only a handful of businesses still rebuilding
October 25, 2023
Russia’s military has simulated a nuclear strike in a drill overseen by President Vladimir Putin
October 25, 2023
Environmental groups are urging a moratorium on deep-sea mining ahead of an international meeting in Jamaica where an obscure U.N. body will debate the issue amid fears it could soon authorize the world’s first license to harvest minerals from the ocean floor
October 25, 2023
Major corporations in water-guzzling industries such as apparel, food and beverage, and tech want to be better stewards of the freshwater resources they use
October 25, 2023
Operators of a northern Arizona golf course think they have finally found the right repellent for javelinas ripping apart their turf — chili oil
October 25, 2023
A giant smokestack that was part of the landscape for millions of tourists heading to beaches on the southern New Jersey shore came down Thursday
October 26, 2023
China’s Environment Minister Huang Runqiu says his country wants to strengthen cooperation with the U.S. to combat climate change
October 26, 2023
Leaders from Brazil, Indonesia, Republic of Congo and other countries with the three largest tropical forest basins are meeting to form a coalition to protect tropical forests from deforestation and destruction
October 26, 2023
Drought
October 27, 2023
Drought
October 27, 2023
For the second year in a row, U.S. shoppers are seeing double-digit inflation in the candy aisle
October 28, 2023
Ragnhild Mowinckel of Norway has become the first skier to be disqualified for a forbidden type of wax on her skis
October 28, 2023
A group of poultry producers, including the world’s largest, are asking a federal judge to dismiss his ruling that they polluted an Oklahoma watershed
October 28, 2023
King Charles III wants to look to the future when his four-day state visit to Kenya starts on Tuesday
October 29, 2023
Trade and economy officials from the Group of Seven wealthy democracies have strengthened their pledge to work together to ensure smooth supply chains for essentials like energy and food despite global uncertainties
October 29, 2023
Some pumpkin farmers in the West, particularly wholesalers in places like Colorado and New Mexico, are feeling the pinching effects of drought
October 29, 2023
As the war between Hamas and Israel grinds forward, two experts explain how Israelis and Palestinians have cooperated to tackle their region’s water challenges.
October 30, 2023
Raising sheep is a way of life for many people in Navajo Nation, but a host of factors threaten that livelihood
October 30, 2023
A new study says that in a little more than five years the world will likely be unable to stay below the internationally agreed temperature limit for global warming if it continues to burn fossil fuels at its current rate
October 30, 2023
Heavy rain from Tropical Storm Pilar has already caused two deaths in El Salvador as it meanders off the Pacific coast
October 30, 2023
Saleemul Huq, a pioneering climate scientist from Bangladesh who pushed to get the world to understand, pay for and adapt to worsening warming impacts on poorer nations, has died
October 30, 2023
Three energy companies including U.S. Westinghouse, France’s EdF and Korea’s KHNP, have submitted their final bids to build the Czech Republic’s newest reactor at the Dukovany nuclear power station as the country strives to become more energy-independent and wean itself off fossil fuels
October 31, 2023
Harris campaign reports spending nearly three times as much as Trump in August
New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens freed from captivity in Indonesia's Papua
Sri Lanka has more women voters than men but no female presidential candidates
AI is helping shape the 2024 presidential race. But not in the way experts feared
Japan's Icom: highly unlikely wireless devices that exploded in Lebanon are our products
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