Climate

DAKAR, Senegal — The Democratic Republic of Congo, home to one of the largest old-growth rainforests on earth, is auctioning...

KARACHI, Pakistan — Year after year in Kausar Niazi Colony, a slum in the port city of Karachi, Murtaza Hussain...

The U.S. Forest Service said on Friday that it would take emergency action, including removing low-lying vegetation that can fuel...

Older adults are particularly vulnerable to the dangers of extreme heat. A majority of heat-related deaths in the United States...

In 2000, Lake Mead was full of deep, midnight-blue water that flooded the banks of the rivers that fed it....

A museum in Rio de Janeiro draws in water from a nearby bay for cooling. Similarly, but at a bigger...

As the Great Salt Lake dries up, toxic dust threatens to poison the air in one of the United States’...

Here’s what it could look like if President Biden decides to take that step.What is emergency power?Emergency power is a...

Here’s what it could look like if President Biden decides to take that step.What is emergency power?Emergency power is a...

The giant ibis deserves its name.Adults of the largest bird in the ibis family can grow to almost 3.5 feet...