ENVIRONMENT

15 dead in ‘devastating’ Kentucky flooding, toll expected to rise

At least 15 people have died in Kentucky in flash flooding caused by torrential rains that swept away homes and left some residents stranded...

Natural systems in Australia are unraveling. If they collapse, human society could too

In the long-delayed State of the Environment report released this week, there is one terrifying sentence: "Environmental degradation is now considered a threat to...

What will it take to stabilize the Colorado River?

Lakes Powell and Mead, the two major reservoirs fed by the Colorado River, reached record lows this year nearing 25% capacity. An ongoing megadrought,...

True size of the largest tropical peatland revealed

A new study has mapped the full scale of a vast region of peatland in the heart of the Congo Basin, revealing it to...

China speeding up approvals for new coal plants

China has ramped up approvals for new coal power plants this year, Greenpeace said Wednesday, with authorities trying to lower the risk of economically...

Pacific Islands ask international court to rule on climate

Climate-threatened Pacific islands called on Monday for the International Court of Justice to rule on countries' legal duties to stop climate change, a move...

Wildfires blaze across sweltering southwest Europe

Southwest Europe baked under sweltering temperatures on Friday for a fifth day, with the heat sparking devastating wildfires, forcing the evacuations of thousands and...

California’s trees are dying, and might not be coming back

The State of California is banking on its forests to help reduce planet-warming carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. But that element of the state's...

Morocco firefighters battle infernos as villagers flee

Hundreds of Moroccan firefighters and soldiers battled late Thursday to put out at least four infernos ripping through forests in the north of the...

900 firefighters battle ‘mega-fire’ in southern France

More than 900 firefighters backed by aircraft were deployed on Friday to battle a massive blaze in France's southern Gard region that burned 600...

Researchers develop new model to better predict barrier island retreat

Barrier islands protect the coastline from storms, storm surge, waves and flooding. They can act as a buffer between the ocean and beachfront property....

Scientists challenge claim British rivers are ‘cleanest since Industrial Revolution’

Water quality is still "unacceptably poor" in many British rivers, research involving academics at York has shown. The study, published in Science of The Total...

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