Florida Ocean Temperatures Are in the 90s Fahrenheit, Posing Risk to Coral
Florida’s coral reefs are facing what could be an unprecedented threat from a marine heat wave...
Vetoes in U.N. Security Council Imperil Cross-Border Humanitarian Aid to Syria
The United Nations Security Council on Tuesday failed to adopt two rival resolutions to extend cross-border aid deliveries into northern...
Syria Allows U.N. to Use Bab al-Hawa Border Crossing for Aid Deliveries
Syria announced on Thursday that it would give state approval for the United Nations to deliver humanitarian aid into rebel-held northern...
The Once and Future Climate Emergency
Daily climate disasters are the new normal. In the past week, heavy rain on one side of the U.S....
Surviving Extreme Heat
“Like being on the edge of death if you go for a walk.” That’s how my colleague Jack Healy described living in Phoenix, where it has...
Biden Braces NATO for Long Conflict With Russia, Making Cold War Parallel
President Biden concluded a meeting of NATO allies on Wednesday in Vilnius, Lithuania, with an address to that country, and the world,...
Missing Russian General Sergei Surovikin Is ‘Taking a Rest’, Lawmaker Says
One top commander has disappeared since a mutiny. Another was killed in an airstrike in Ukraine....
Aspartame is Possibly Linked to Cancer in Humans, the WHO Says
A World Health Organization agency declared on Thursday that aspartame, an artificial sweetener widely used in diet drinks and low-sugar...
Leaks Can Make Natural Gas as Bad as Coal for Climate, Study Says
Natural gas, long seen as a cleaner alternative to coal and an important tool in the fight to slow global warming, can be just as harmful...
Republicans Assail Kerry Before His Climate Talks With China
Republicans on Thursday accused John Kerry, President Biden’s special envoy for climate, of being...