The United States officially withdrew from the Paris Agreement to fight climate change on Wednesday. Leaders from around the world…
Around 9,000 years ago, human beings began growing corn for the first time near Tehuacan, in what is now the…
Many areas of North Africa, including Tunisia and Algeria, have seen a sharp decrease in rainfall over the last 50…
Rising temperatures are worrying truffle hunters in northwestern Italy. In and around the town of Alba, the most prized truffle -- a…
New York's Broad Channel neighborhood is an island in more ways than one. Politically, its population actively supports U.S. President…
Representatives from more than 150 countries are meeting in Paris to try to reach an agreement on climate change. The…
U.S. President Barack Obama hiked a melting Arctic glacier in Alaska Tuesday to bring attention to climate change. Mr. Obama…
Ice caps, very large sheets of ice, do not only exist at the earth's poles. There are tropical ice caps in mountain…
President Barack Obama remains focused on the fight against climate change even as he fights to win support for the…
A massive heat wave is killing people in many countries around the world. Most die of heat stroke. Heat stroke is the…
Before fighting broke out in Syria, the country experienced its driest weather on record. Rainfall and snow totals were at…
In 2014, the United Nations released a series of climate reports that showed temperatures on Earth are rising. That is…
A new study says the speed and severity of climate change could cause major damage to small African farms. These farmers are…
Satellite imagery from the United States is expected to soon begin helping about 60 million people in the Lower Mekong…
Hello, my friends, and welcome back as we work together to improve your American English. I'm Jim Tedder in Washington.…