Climate

For days, the rain came down in sheets, pounding Beijing and areas around it in what the government said was...

The wildfires that have swept Canada this summer have become the largest in modern history. The scale has forced an...

Residents of Buenos Aires were wearing shorts and fanning themselves as they struggled to cope with unusual heat on Tuesday....

Also, two men who were switched at birth rediscover their roots.

Oceans cover more than 70 percent of the Earth’s surface, and yet the vast majority have not been mapped or...

In a move to support oil prices, Saudi Arabia said Thursday it would extend its decision to cut oil production...

It’s winter in the Southern Hemisphere, when ice typically forms around Antarctica. But this year, that growth has been stunted,...

The switchboard at Lightbulbs.com, a (pretty self-explanatory) e-commerce website, lit up with panicked callers on Tuesday, who all wanted to...

Iran on Tuesday announced a two-day public holiday in response to “unprecedented” heat, ordering all government agencies, banks and schools...

It’s never been cheaper or easier to produce electricity from the sun.Economies of scale and government subsidies, especially in China,...