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Long before a deadly flood hit two hydroelectric dams, scientists warned repeatedly that such projects were dangerous in a fragile region made more so by global warming.

Much as small mammals outlived the dinosaur extinction, this rodent beat the odds when Pinatubo blew its top in the Philippines in 1991.

Shrinking and thinning of glaciers is one of the most documented signs of global warming caused by rising levels of greenhouse gases.

Rescue efforts were underway in the northern state of Uttarakhand, where officials said a hydroelectric dam project had been largely swept away.

Stark and minimalist in their beauty, the landscapes and communities in Louisiana’s Plaquemines Parish exist in a state of constant change.

Air quality is improving in one of the continent’s fastest-growing regions, researchers have found. If the trend can be sustained, it would be good news for human health and climate change.

BP and Total plan to spend billions of dollars developing the wind farms in an effort to aid their shift to renewable energy.

A new review of the scientific literature confirms that anthropogenic noise is becoming unbearable for undersea life.

A broad move away from coal power was an important factor in pushing down global greenhouse gas emissions, researchers said, and could help accelerate a shift toward renewable energy.

The future of an 18-nation group is in doubt after Palau abandoned it over a leadership dispute.

How we tried to tell the story of a warming planet. Plus, the woman behind The Daily’s crazy-busy calendar.

Polls show that on issues like a stimulus bill, climate change and immigration, most Americans support the president’s plans. Torn by infighting, the G.O.P. is still figuring out its lines of attack.

He named our age the “Anthropocene” and warned the world of threats that certain chemicals posed to the ozone layer.

Two major November hurricanes slammed into the same part of the Nicaraguan coast, laying waste to the Miskito village of Haulover. Faced with a future of intensifying storms, the residents must now consider whether to abandon their way of life by the ocean and move inland.

Distress over global warming is increasing, but formal and informal support networks are springing up, too.

George Clooney’s new apocalypse movie does what they all do: turn the end of the world into a personal issue. But the truth is we’re all in it together.

The governor of West Virginia, who supported a bigger relief bill than Senator Joe Manchin, a Democrat, initially did, spoke with us about government spending, Covid-19 vaccinations and climate policy.

A Paris court said the French state had failed to meet its commitments on greenhouse gas emissions. The lawsuit is among a growing number of such legal actions internationally.

How big automakers are abandoning resistance

Ignoring the value of nature threatens humanity itself, according to a new British report on biodiversity and economics.