World Bank highlights climate-poverty link
The World Bank says it will increasingly view its efforts to help developing countries fight poverty through a "climate lens." In a report released ...
Singapore fumes as air pollution hits 16-year high
Singaporeans rolled back military training, kept cough-stricken children indoors and considered wearing protective masks to work after a smoky haze ...
Especially grim encephalitis toll feared in India
A mosquito-borne disease that preys on the young and malnourished is sweeping across poverty-riven northern India again this monsoon season in what ...
'Dead zones' predicted for Gulf, Chesapeake Bay
Scientists in Michigan and Louisiana are predicting a big summer "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico unless a tropical storm hits the area shortly ...
Scientists: Timber in Lake Michigan centuries old
A wooden beam embedded at the bottom of northern Lake Michigan appears to have been there for centuries, underwater archaeologists announced Tuesday, ...
Scientists discuss new photo-taking satellite
Nearly 120 scientists and engineers from around the world are meeting in South Dakota this week to discuss operational and technical issues with ...
Scientists: Soggy British weather likely to stay
The best advice for visitors to Britain — pack an umbrella — is more vital than ever. Weather scientists said Tuesday that a country that has been ...
Russia to close paper mill on Lake Baikal
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday that authorities will shut down a paper mill on the shores of Lake Baikal, which ...
Investigators 'zeroing in' on Colo. wildfire start
Rain helped firefighters douse Colorado's most destructive wildfire in state history, while a new wind-whipped blaze in California forced evacuations ...
Remote Mich. village abuzz over shipwreck search
Commercial fisherman Larry Barbeau's comings and goings usually don't create much of a stir in this wind-swept Lake Michigan outpost, but in the past ...
McCain presses Obama on secret emails
Republican Sen. John McCain on Monday questioned President Barack Obama about his political appointees' use of secret government email accounts at ...
Solar-powered plane lands near Washington
A solar-powered plane nearing the close of a cross-continental journey landed at Dulles International Airport outside the nation's capital early ...
Steady rain falls as crews work against Colo. fire
With evacuees anxious to return, firefighters worked Sunday to dig up and extinguish hot spots to protect homes spared by the most destructive ...
Beyond NYC: Other places adapting to climate, too
From Bangkok to Miami, cities and coastal areas across the globe are already building or planning defenses to protect millions of people and key ...
Assaults increase on rangers, park police
Park rangers, wildlife refuge workers and U.S. Park Police experienced more assaults and threats from visitors last year than in 2011, according to ...
Shootings show troubled side of Calif. beach city
For decades there have been two Santa Monicas. There's the hip beachfront town packed year-round with tourists who cram its trendy bars and ...
Divers begin Lake Michigan search for Griffin ship
Divers began opening an underwater pit Saturday at a remote site in northern Lake Michigan that they say could be the resting place of the Griffin, ...
Firefighters advance containment on Colo. wildfire
Crews gained the upper hand on the most destructive wildfire in Colorado history Saturday and had more than half the blaze contained as officials ...
Panama's boom helps drive Nicaragua canal dreams
Curundu used to be a warren of ramshackle wooden houses and reeking open sewers, one of Panama City's most notorious refuges for street gangs and drug ...
Crews battling Colo. wildfire hold flames in check
Authorities lifted evacuations in a wide swath of terrain outside Colorado Springs on Friday as they said a surprise rain shower helped them expand ...
Investor in Grand Canyon Skywalk dies at 51
A Las Vegas businessman who developed the Grand Canyon Skywalk glass bridge in northwestern Arizona and later became entangled in legal battles about ...
Conn. chimp victim is denied $150M state lawsuit
A Connecticut woman disfigured by a friend's pet chimpanzee in 2009 was denied permission Friday to sue the state for $150 million on her claim that ...
2nd victim dies after blast at La. chemical plant
A second victim of an explosion at a south Louisiana chemical plant died Friday, while federal authorities opened an investigation to determine the ...
UN climate talks marred by decision-making spat
U.N. climate talks have hit a stumbling block that some delegates say poses a serious challenge to their already slow-moving attempt to craft a global ...
2 found dead in area burned by Colo. wildfire
Firefighters have at least temporarily battled to a "draw" with a fast-moving fire that has already killed two people and destroyed 379 homes, giving ...
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