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'Not as dramatic': Saskatchewan farmers draining water demonstrate benefits

'Not as dramatic': Saskatchewan farmers draining water demonstrate benefits

GRENFELL, Sask. — It's an area of farmland Ryan Maurer says is worth as much as a Lamborghini. High run-off flooded one of his fields in spring 2022, leaving shallow pools of water. This was before the farmer opened ditches to drain it.
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CLIMATE GLIMPSE: Here's what you need to see and know today

CLIMATE GLIMPSE: Here's what you need to see and know today

As Greece swelters in another heat wave, children are finding some cool respite — and fun — in a fountain near a cultural center in Athens.
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Sick of hearing about record heat? Scientists say those numbers paint the story of a warming world

Sick of hearing about record heat? Scientists say those numbers paint the story of a warming world

The summer of 2023 is behaving like a broken record about broken records. Nearly every major climate-tracking organization proclaimed June the hottest June ever.
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Tornado damages Pfizer plant in North Carolina as scorching heat and floods sock other parts of US

Tornado damages Pfizer plant in North Carolina as scorching heat and floods sock other parts of US

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A tornado heavily damaged a major Pfizer pharmaceutical plant in North Carolina on Wednesday, while torrential rain flooded communities in Kentucky and an area from California to South Florida endured more scorching heat.
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US pulls plug on authorization for lithium exploration next to a national wildlife refuge in Nevada

RENO, Nev.
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Scientists say Florida Keys coral reefs are already bleaching as water temperatures hit record highs

Scientists say Florida Keys coral reefs are already bleaching as water temperatures hit record highs

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.
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UN agency that governs international waters mired in grueling debate over deep sea mining

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Members of a U.N. agency that governs international waters were locked in a fierce debate late Friday over whether to allow deep sea mining and set a new deadline for proposed regulations still stuck in draft mode. The U.
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Seattle climate activists roost in old cedar tree to prevent it from being cut down for new housing

Seattle climate activists roost in old cedar tree to prevent it from being cut down for new housing

SEATTLE (AP) — With ropes, a harness, a hammock and a bucket pulley system, masked activists in Seattle have taken residence in the branches of an old, thick cedar tree to prevent it from being cut down to make way for new homes.
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Tar balls are being found 100 miles downstream from Yellowstone River train derailment

Tar balls are being found 100 miles downstream from Yellowstone River train derailment

LAUREL, Mont.
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Wildfire crews fight wildfire with fire to protect, secure Cranbrook, B.C. airport

Wildfire crews fight wildfire with fire to protect, secure Cranbrook, B.C. airport

VICTORIA — The forest and brush around the international airport at Cranbrook, B.C., has been scorched in an all-out effort to protect the vital transportation link from an encroaching wildfire, airport manager Tristen Chernove said Friday.
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