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Seemingly small shifts in global temperatures have huge consequences for the planet

Massive sinkholes appear in farmers’ fields in central Turkey due to climate change and drought

Residents remember their losses as they rebuild from La Palma's volcanic eruption

Indonesia poised to ease export ban on thermal coal

What is aquamation, the burial practice Desmond Tutu chose instead of cremation?

‘It’s a gigantic tragedy’: Flooding in Brazil’s Bahia state displaces tens of thousands

Green-conscious Norway will dig a new copper mine in the Arctic

This citizen scientist is on a mission to help gauge air quality in Central Asia

Electricity rates have skyrocketed in Brazil. The govt says the water crisis is to blame.

'Once in a lifetime': NASA makes historic trip through the sun's corona, solar physicist explains

Extreme weather events lead to Christmas tree shortage in Canada

The debate over deep-sea mining comes to a head

Kyrgyzstan’s remaining snow leopards under threat due to climate change, COVID

This ‘living lab’ in Sweden experiments with the future of sustainable cities

How governments finance the ruin of our oceans

This UK activist is pushing to end single-use plastics in menstrual products

Meet the 11-year-old on a mission to clean up the Seine

COP26 made incremental progress but failed to deliver on ‘transformational’ change, negotiators say

Who will pay for ‘losses and damages’ caused by climate change? Developing countries make their case

Dearborn's first Arab American mayor-elect: 'You need not change who you are' to run for public offi