Drought Pushes Millions Into ‘Acute Hunger’ in Southern Africa
The disaster, intensified by El Niño, is devastating communities across several countries, killing crops and livestock and sending food prices soaring.
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The disaster, intensified by El Niño, is devastating communities across several countries, killing crops and livestock and sending food prices soaring.
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The measure elevates conservation in a number of ways, including by creating new leases for the restoration of degraded areas.
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Images of a saturated desert metropolis startled the world, prompting talk of cloud seeding, climate change and designing cities for intensified weather.
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Development and groundwater pumping are causing land subsidence and heightening the risks of sea level rise.
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The U.S. Urgently Needs a Bigger Grid. Here’s a Fast Solution.
A rarely used technique to upgrade old power lines could play a big role in fixing one of the largest obstacles facing clean energy, two reports found.
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A New Surge in Power Use Is Threatening U.S. Climate Goals
A boom in data centers and factories is straining electric grids and propping up fossil fuels.
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A Climate Change Guide for Kids
The future could be bad, or it could be better. You can help decide.
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Trash or Recycling? Why Plastic Keeps Us Guessing.
Did you know the “recycling” symbol doesn’t mean something is actually recyclable? Play our trashy garbage-sorting game, then read about why this is so tricky.
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Have Climate Questions? Get Answers Here.
What’s causing global warming? How can we fix it? This interactive F.A.Q. will tackle your climate questions big and small.
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It’s still unclear how the world will pay for developing nations to fight climate change.
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‘Narco-deforestation’ and the future of the Amazon
The fate of Colombia’s rainforest may lay in the hands of a rebel group linked to drugs and illegal mining.
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Three Greenhouse Gases, Three All-Time Highs
Why atmospheric concentrations hit record levels last year.
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Trains Are Cleaner Than Planes, Right?
The surprising carbon footprint of an Amtrak trip across America.
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Over time researchers have found fewer of the insects turning up in light traps, suggesting they may be less attracted to some kinds of light than they once were.
By Veronique Greenwood
Despite significant progress, Scotland was falling short on cutting vehicle emissions, switching to heat pumps and even restoring peatland, the government said.
By Somini Sengupta
The decision by a Massachusetts solar company to abandon plans to build a $1.4 billion U.S. factory highlights the risks amid a flood of Chinese clean energy exports.
By Alan Rappeport
The step follows an extraordinary move that requires utilities to reduce the levels of carcinogenic PFAS compounds in drinking water to near-zero.
By Coral Davenport
Nearly 50 leaders and activists who worked with Mr. Kennedy at an environmental nonprofit group will run ads calling on him to “Honor our planet, drop out.”
By Lisa Friedman
The administration has blocked a proposed industrial road needed to mine copper in the middle of the state, and has banned oil drilling on 13 million acres in the North Slope.
By Lisa Friedman
As record heat enveloped the nation, the rate of emergency room visits increased compared with the previous five years, a sign of the major health risks of high temperatures.
By Noah Weiland
Pakistani officials warned of more flooding and heavy rainfall next week, stoking fears of a particularly brutal monsoon season to come.
By Zia ur-Rehman and Christina Goldbaum
Tunde Onakoya is trying to break a record for the longest chess marathon. And he’s playing his games in the open air in Manhattan.
By Lola Fadulu
Clerics in Indonesia are issuing fatwas, retrofitting mosques and imploring congregants to help turn the tide against climate change.
By Sui-Lee Wee and Ulet Ifansasti
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