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After the discovery of commercial quantities of oil in 2006, Hoima, Uganda, is being referred to as “Oil City,” Hoima, Uganda, November 2022.
Energy
Why African countries like Uganda are investing in fossil fuels
This mother polar bear and her two cubs are headed down to the sea ice in the Svalbard archipelago. She’ll have to teach them to hunt seals, their primary prey, in a changing landscape.
Climate Change
Svalbard’s polar bears persist as sea ice melts — but not forever
A caravan of migrants head north towards the US-Mexico border, as they depart from Tapachula, Mexico
Top of The World
Migrants set up camp under Del Rio bridge along US-Mexico border
Kpinchilla, a small village in northern Ghana, reels under the impact of the climate crisis.
The Big Fix
Glasgow climate talks: Africa negotiators mobilize for climate finance 
Smoke billows from stacks against a setting sun.
Critical State
The blame game in international politics: Part II
Fossilized tree rings
Climate Change
The history of the world is written in tree rings
A person wears colorful, pride-themed boots as they await the start of a queer liberation march for Black Lives Matter and against police brutality
Lifestyle & Belief
A queer nature photographer on the great outdoors and hiking in 6-inch heels
Smoke rises from the Bobcat Fire burning near Mount Wilson in the Angeles National Forest, near Los Angeles, Sept. 23, 2020.
The Big Fix
This author argues that fighting climate change means focusing on ‘Earth repair’
A green cardboard box sits on a door stoop.
Environment
Want to help the planet? Ditch your grocery cart for a meal kit.
Researchers Scott Landolt and Mark Seefeldt set up an automatic snowfall measuring system in Antarctica.
An unexpected challenge on Antarctica: Measuring snowfall
glacier
Into the Thaw: Decoding Thwaites Glacier
What Thwaites Glacier can tell us about the future of West Antarctica
We Almost Fixed Climate Change. Why Couldn’t We?
Full Episode
Horse on dry lake
Climate Change
Climate change is contributing to the migration of Central American refugees
Bits of icebergs can be seen that have broken off the Sawyer Glacier in Alaska, where the effects of climate change are being felt at a higher rate than the Lower 48.
Environment
Alaskan youth sue state government for lack of action against climate change
A view of tundra landscape in the Rocky Mountains — 11,000 feet from sea level.
Science
In the dead of winter, plants are already starting to prepare for spring — underground
People watch the sun set from the observatory deck of the Marina Bay Sands hotel in Singapore Oct. 5, 2015.
Environment
UN study shows last 3 years hottest on record
Couple in a boat in flood waters
Environment
Scientists pinpoint link between climate change and Hurricane Harvey’s record rainfall
Man running under cherry blossom branches
Environment
Yes, that tree in the forest does make a sound. Have a listen.
Tillerson pic
Environment
Tillerson hedges on climate science, but supports Paris agreement
Men salvage metal sheets from a destroyed house after Hurricane Matthew ravaged Jeremie, Haiti.
Environment
Almost 1 million Haitians are in ‘urgent need of humanitarian assistance’ after Hurricane Matthew
Environment
Strange weather and climate change
Mavis, a housekeeper from the Pretoria township of Mamelodi, depends on her garden to help provide for her five children and seven grandchildren. But with this year's region-wide drought, her garden is just a dusty patch of seedlings. “I want rain every d
Environment
For one South African house cleaner, this year’s big drought means crying, hungry children
Can Paris Save the Planet?
Full Episode
The Black Panthers, The Brilliance of Oliver Sacks, Arctic Uncertainty
Full Episode
"Kayaktivists" demonstrate in Seattle's Elliot Bay against the arrival last month of the Shell's massive Polar Pioneer oil rig, rising behind them above the city's waterfront. Shell is using Seattle as a staging area for its new offshore drilling operatio
Environment
The road to Arctic oil drilling runs through Seattle. People there are trying to block it.
Protesters march through São Paulo recently demanding equitable distribution of water throughout São Paulo state. Unofficial rationing has brought frequent water outages to neighborhoods throughout the Brazilian megalopolis of 20 million people.
Environment
São Paulo residents demand their city take a new attitude about water
A worker fills a water tanker for distribution to a hospital in São Paulo in February. Residents throughout the metropolitan region of 20 million people are taking emergency measures amid a severe drought.
Environment
South America’s largest city is almost out of water
Greenland
Media
Take a 360-degree peek at Greenland’s Nuuks and crannies
"Spring is coming" — A pedestrian walks past a pile of snow in Boston.
Environment
How is the world getting both a) warmer and b) snowier in some places? Here’s how.
Ice scientists Ken Golden and Chris Polashenski drill a plastic tube into the Arctic ice cap north of Alaska as part of their research into melt ponds that form on the ice every spring. The ponds play a key role in the accellerated warming of the Arctic,
Environment
A scientist unlocks one of the mysteries of Arctic ice melt
The Houston Ship Channel stretches 52 miles from the Gulf of Mexico to the city of Houston. Sea levels have risen 2.2 feet over the last century at Galveston, the main barrier island protecting the Ship Channel from a big storm.
Environment
The ‘Texas miracle’ is fueling huge economic growth — and the climate change that may end it
Sea ice melt
Environment
Melting Arctic sea ice doubles the chances of harsh winters in other parts of the world
North Pacific storm waves
Environment
Atlantic Ocean currents may be moderating global air temperatures
Vehicles submerged in flood waters along the South Platte River near Greenley, Colorado in 2013. Scientists believe climate change is already bringing more flooding to river corridors and coastal areas around the world.
Environment
The climate word of the day is ‘irreversible’
Environment
The Balkans’ flooding is linked to climate change. And here’s how
A child sits on a heap of mangos at a fruit wholesale market in Kodur village, about 650 km (404 miles) south of the southern Indian city of Hyderabad.
Lifestyle & Belief
I think it’s too hot to go home to India. But then I think of the mangoes
Dust storm Melbourne Australia
Environment
The Pacific Ocean is gearing up for a big El Niño
Environment
For more accurate weather forecasts, follow the fish
Extreme Weather-Colorado Floods
Environment
Research suggests global warming related to increased violence
Environment
Landslides more prevalent in Pacific Northwest as climate change indicates rain increase
Indian meteorologists trying to develop more precise forecasts of critical monsoon rains
Environment
Continental U.S. sets multiple heat records after blistering June
Environment
New study finds greater risk of wildfires in U.S. from climate change; others see decline
One of a fleet of trucks in the Bangalore area that brings untreated sewage from homes to farms, to be used as fertilizer.
Environment
Recycled lunch: Using human waste to grow food, and fight climate change
Environment
Reflecting on India’s Monsoon Rains
Environment
GMO lunch? Uganda considers disease-resistant cassava
Environment
Sandy and Climate Change: An Arctic Connection?
Arts, Culture & Media
‘Old Weather’ Project Yields Amazing Data Visualizations
Environment
Australia Lab to Simulate Climate Changes
Conflict & Justice
Study Links Extreme Hot Weather with Conflicts in the Tropics
Under An Arizona Sun
The Economics of Climate Change
Coping with Climate Changes
Dire Warnings for the Fate of Rain Forests
West Antartica Ice Sheet
Forest Canopy & Climate
Ancient Ice Core
SHRINKING POLAR PACK ICE
SEA TEMPERATURE CHANGE