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Somali Mothers Trek Weeks Seeking Food Amid Deepening Drought...
Somali Mothers Walk for Days as Drought Leaves Families With Nothing BAIDOA, Somalia — After ne...

Rising Extreme Heat Frequency Prompts New UN Assessment of Global Risk...
Rising extreme heat is pushing the United Nations system to treat heat less as a series of isolated ...

Indonesia Contains Fire Hotspots at Bromo National Park...
PROBOLINGGO, Indonesia — Indonesia has reduced the number of active wildfire hotspots in Bromo Ten...

France Imposes Water Restrictions Across Nearly Seventy Percent of Cou...
PARIS — France has imposed water-use restrictions across nearly 70% of its territory as an intense...

Wildfires Rage in Western US States Amid Hot Conditions...
SPOKANE, Washington — Wildfires continued to burn across the western United States on Wednesday as...

Climate Adaptation Measures Implemented in Flood-Prone Areas...
MANILA — Governments in several flood-prone regions are accelerating climate adaptation measures ranging from flood-co...

Efforts Continue to Combat Deforestation in Key Global Regions...
BRASILIA — Governments, environmental organizations and international institutions continued efforts to combat defores...

New Organ Inaugurated at Historic Prague Cathedral...
PRAGUE — A new pipe organ was formally inaugurated at Prague’s historic St. Vitus Cathedral on Monday, providing the...

Severe Flooding Prompts Alerts Across Multiple US Regions...
HOUSTON — Severe flooding and flash flood alerts stretched across parts of Texas, Louisiana and other southern U.S. re...

Brazil Reports Significant Drop in Amazon Deforestation Rates...
BRASILIA — Brazilian officials announced a sharp drop in Amazon deforestation rates for May, with preliminary satellit...

Climate Reports Highlight Ocean and Forest Changes...
NEW YORK — Newly released international climate assessments have highlighted significant changes in the world's oceans...

El Niño Conditions Officially Declared by NOAA...
WASHINGTON — The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has officially declared that El Niño con...

Dam Removals Restore River Wildlife Movement in Europe...
BRUSSELS — Efforts to remove obsolete dams and other river barriers across Europe are helping restore wildlife movemen...

Mangrove Forests Show Rebound in Satellite Imagery...
WASHINGTON — Satellite imagery has revealed a global rebound in mangrove forests after decades of decline, with gains ...