Environment

Los Angeles (AFP) - California firefighters on Monday tackled the state's biggest blaze of the year so far, as fears intensify over ominous conditions forecast for the hot, dry months...

Washington (AFP) - Pacific coast gray whales have shrunk in length an astonishing 13 percent since 2000, adding to evidence that climate change and other human activities are making marine...

Los Angeles (AFP) - Pollution from California wildfires killed more than 52,000 people in a decade, a new study claimed Friday, as the western United States girds for a hot...

Los Angeles (AFP) - Scorching temperatures broke early summer records in the western United States, before the region's first major heat wave of the year eased slightly Friday. Millions of...

New York (AFP) - Humans are as dangerous to Earth as the meteorite that drove dinosaurs to extinction, the UN chief said Wednesday, urging an end to fossil fuel ads...

Washington (AFP) - Globally recognized companies -- from oil and gas majors to the banking sector and tech -- are contributing to greenwashing by snapping up vast quantities of "likely...

Paris (AFP) - The world experience an average of 26 more days of extreme heat over the last 12 months that would probably not have occurred without climate change, a...

Caen (France) (AFP) - As France prepares to mark 80 years since Allied forces landed on the beaches of Normandy, the historic coastline faces a new threat -- rising sea...

Washington (AFP) - The freight company responsible for a large toxical chemical spill in Ohio last year has reached a $310 million settlement with US authorities, officials said Thursday. Residents...

Rhyolite Ridge (United States) (AFP) - Delicate pink buds sway in the desert breeze, pregnant with yellow pompoms whose explosion will carpet the dusty corner of Nevada that is the...