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William & Mary expands new climate-focused major, deepens coastal research with $100 million gift

William & Mary expands new climate-focused major, deepens coastal research with $100 million gift

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — William & Mary has received a $100 million donation that aims to help the world's coastal communities adapt to changing temperatures, rising seas and more intense storms, the university announced Wednesday.
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Climate activists glue themselves to a taxiway at Cologne-Bonn Airport, flights suspended

Climate activists glue themselves to a taxiway at Cologne-Bonn Airport, flights suspended

BERLIN (AP) — Climate activists glued themselves to the ground at Cologne-Bonn Airport in western Germany on Wednesday, forcing officials to suspend flights for a few hours, authorities said.
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Floods and climate change blamed for surge in dengue in the Emirates as WHO warns of global spike

Floods and climate change blamed for surge in dengue in the Emirates as WHO warns of global spike

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Since the United Arab Emirates witnessed its heaviest recorded rainfall ever three months ago, the desert nation has issued a multitude of warnings about dengue which, activists say, has surged and struck hardest am
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Vietnam allows big companies to buy clean energy directly to meet their climate targets

Vietnam allows big companies to buy clean energy directly to meet their climate targets

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam will let electricity-guzzling factories buy electricity from wind and solar power producers, helping big companies like Samsung Electronics meet their climate targets and relieving pressure on the country's overstrained
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Whale surfaces, capsizes fishing boat off New Hampshire coast

RYE, N.H. (AP) — Two fishermen are safe after a whale crashed onto their boat, capsizing it off the New Hampshire shore, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. The incident occurred Tuesday near Odiorne Point State Park in Rye.
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Farmers in Africa say their soil is dying and chemical fertilizers are in part to blame

Farmers in Africa say their soil is dying and chemical fertilizers are in part to blame

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — When Benson Wanjala started farming in his western Kenya village two and a half decades ago, his 10-acre farm could produce a bountiful harvest of 200 bags of maize. That has dwindled to 30.
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Wildfires threaten communities in the West as Oregon fire closes interstate, creates its own weather

Wildfires threaten communities in the West as Oregon fire closes interstate, creates its own weather

BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — Firefighters in the West are scrambling as wildfires threaten communities in Oregon, California and Washington, with at least one Oregon fire so large that it is creating its own weather.
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Mudslides in Ethiopia have killed at least 229. It's not clear how many people are still missing

Mudslides in Ethiopia have killed at least 229. It's not clear how many people are still missing

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Mudslides triggered by heavy rain in a remote part of Ethiopia have killed at least 229 people, including many who tried to rescue survivors, local authorities said Tuesday, in what the prime minister called a "terrible l
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Last Sunday was Earth's hottest day in all recorded history, European climate agency says

Last Sunday was Earth's hottest day in all recorded history, European climate agency says

WASHINGTON (AP) — On Sunday, the Earth sizzled to the hottest day ever measured by humans, yet another heat record shattered in the past couple of years, according to the European climate service Copernicus Tuesday.
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Brazil to allow miles of selective logging in effort to preserve the Amazon

Brazil to allow miles of selective logging in effort to preserve the Amazon

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — To combat ongoing destruction in the Amazon rainforest, Brazil announced a plan Tuesday to dramatically expand selective logging to an area the size of Costa Rica over the next two years.
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