For millennia, the high peaks of the Himalayas were held together by an invisible, frozen cement — permafrost and glacial ice that bound ancient rock into seemingly unshakable fortresses. But as the ...

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The Trump administration has announced a plan to kill Biden-era drinking water limits on four PFAS “forever chemicals,” and to delay the implementation of standards for two other compounds. The US ...

ARSHAD LONE GREW up in Achoora, a small village in the Gurez Valley of Kashmir. Tucked beneath the pyramid-shaped Habba Khatoon mountain, in what’s now northern India, the village lives in an ...

Apurímac is a mountainous region in southern Peru, part of the Andean highlands. It is characterized by rugged geography, high-altitude valleys, and a cold, dry climate. Most of its population is ...

Reporting for this story was supported by a Pulitzer Center Rainforest Reporting Grant. BENSON NGUSILO, 56, vividly remembers the painful events of May 16, 2024 like it was yesterday. It was the ...

DRIVING SLOWLY THROUGH the darkness in the Atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge in south-central Louisiana, we keep a careful eye on the dirt road ahead of us. We’re hoping to find some big snakes, ...

It’s nearly 100 degrees Fahrenheit and only midmorning at Reshma Begum’s tiny farmstead in southwestern Bangladesh. Humidity is in the mid-80 percent range, making the clammy air cling to the skin ...

It’s 5:35 a.m., and the winding roads of the Sea to Sky highway are filled with early morning commuters, go-getter outdoor enthusiasts, and families racing to catch the day’s first island-bound ferry.

KENYA’S MAASAI MARA reserve is internationally recognized as the home of the wildebeest migration. This spectacular phenomenon attracts thousands of guests each season, as they witness an epic ...

With the ocean temperature expected to rise 3℃ by 2100, marine biologists are scrambling to understand how warming waters affect marine life in shallow ecosystems. That is especially true for ...

R SCOT DUNCAN CAN TELL YOU how Alabama ranks among the 50 states for its number of imperiled species (third). He can say how much temperatures have already risen in the region (three degrees ...