2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (591+ words) WASHINGTON – Earth cooked to its hottest month on record in August, blowing far past a key climate threshold, due to the dangerous double whammy of human-caused climate change and a supersized El Nino, according to the European climate service Copernicus....

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (1185+ words) It's an idyllic setting in North Carolina's Inner Banks, where fields of cotton, soybeans and corn stretch for miles, country roads wend through stands of pines and thousands of bird watchers converge to witness the spring migration. But it's what’s…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (429+ words) Fifty miles (80 kilometers) of ditches dug decades ago for an abandoned farming venture drained much of the water from thousands of years of accumulated peat — partially decayed organic matter up to 15 feet (4.6 meters) deep — leaving the site vulnerable to drought…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (789+ words) Alex Turnbull And John Leicester CHAMONIX-MONT-BLANC – For centuries, French and Italian mountain communities on the flanks of Western Europe's highest peak have gazed upon seemingly eternal glaciers and snow that gave the colossus its name: Mont Blanc, the white mountain....

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (409+ words) For San Antonio residents who rent, live under heavy tree cover, or have roofs that are not well-suited for solar panels, going solar is still possible. The utility CPS Energy is now expanding its community solar program, allowing customers to…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (945+ words) In a strategic retreat in the fight against climate change, the United Nations has acknowledged that Earth has lost its chance to prevent some of the worst of global warming's harms. So now the world must figure out how to…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (190+ words) Resources to help you prepare for water-related emergencies. Resources for vendors, contractors and partners. We'll help you save money by saving water. Learn where your water comes from and how we manage it. The pipes, pumps and plants that deliver…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (433+ words) Cooling from air conditioning saves lives — more than 5,000 a year in the United States alone — but it also heats up the planet and taxes our electrical grid, scientists say. Experts from 75 countries and 250 cities are trying to walk the tightrope…...

2+ week, 11+ hour ago   (624+ words) But Cave Creek Mayor Robert Morris can't shake the real possibility that it's not enough to keep the desert community of about 5,000 people afloat well into the future. And a recent federal plan to address a deepening crisis in the…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1361+ words) Scientists have long warned that the world will experience more intense extreme weather events like heat waves, storms, floods and droughts. But what once seemed like the realm of fiction is now discussed as a possibility, even an inevitability. Warning…...