Climate

Mountain snowmelt fills Lake Powell near Bullfrog Marina in Utah. The nation's second-largest reservoir has dropped to record-low levels, causing problems for part of the Colorado River that runs through Grand Canyon National Park.

The Colorado and Ohio rivers are among the 'most endangered' in America. Here's why

1:18pm April 20, 2023

by Seyma Bayram

A new report from the conservation group American Rivers names a stretch of the Colorado River, the Ohio River and eight other rivers as endangered.

Environment

How melting Arctic ice could be fueling extreme wildfires in the Western U.S.

11:06am April 20, 2023

by Lauren Sommer

As Western wildfires get more destructive, scientists are finding a far-off connection to shrinking ice on the Arctic Ocean.

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Zhang Meixue, head of a farmer's association in southern Tainan county, walks through one of her former rice paddies. Before the drought, the paddy would normally be filled with enough water to simultaneously raise ducks. Now she's growing flowers in the dried-out paddy to beautify the area and attract tourists.

Epic drought in Taiwan pits farmers against high-tech factories for water

8:07pm April 19, 2023

by Emily Feng

The island is facing one of its worst dry spells in a century, and both the agricultural and high-tech sectors are competing for scarce water resources.

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An estimated 15 million people around the world are threatened by floods from glacial lakes, according to recent research.And the danger is growing as Earth heats up. Nepal is ground zero for research about dangerous glacial lakes, in part because the mountainous country is on the front lines of the problem.

The race to protect people from dangerous glacial lakes

4:14pm April 19, 2023

by Rebecca Hersher

An estimated 15 million people are threatened by floods that happen when glaciers melt rapidly. Nepal's Himalayan communities are on the front lines.

The planet's massive ice sheets are melting as temperatures rise. Scientists are finding that melt is having surprising and far-reaching effects.

Environment

Greenland's melting ice could be changing our oceans. Just ask the whales

10:06am April 18, 2023

by Lauren Sommer

The massive ice sheet on Greenland is shrinking as the climate gets hotter, pouring fresh water into the Atlantic Ocean. That could be setting off a chain reaction that's altering ocean ecosystems.

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Climate

The Colorado and Ohio rivers are among the 'most endangered' in America. Here's why

How melting Arctic ice could be fueling extreme wildfires in the Western U.S.

Epic drought in Taiwan pits farmers against high-tech factories for water

The race to protect people from dangerous glacial lakes

The world's melting ice has surprising impacts. Can you guess them?

Why Texans need to know how quickly Antarctica's ice is melting

Living in the shadow of a dangerous shrinking glacier

The surprising connection between Arctic ice and Western wildfires

The unexpected link between imperiled whales and Greenland's melting ice

Greenland's melting ice could be changing our oceans. Just ask the whales