Australia’s Murray Darling basin covers more than a million square kilometers, 14 percent of the country’s landmass. It’s the site of tens of thousands of wetlands, but increasing demand for water has stretched its resources to the limit. Many of…

KUCHING, Malaysia — For generations, the people of Papua New Guinea’s northeasternmostprovince, New Ireland, have depended on the region’s rich marine resources for their livelihoods. Like the rest of the country, all of New Ireland’s land and water territory is…

A high-pressure cell recently idled over southern California like the lid of Satan’s pressure cooker, wilting residents with record-shattering heat. Many of those wilting residents were human. Others were trees — including avocado trees. In the hottest areas, the mercury…

From NPR Hot weather can influence cognitive performance, according to new research. Young adults living in non-air-conditioned dorms during a heat wave performed worse on math and attention tests. (Image credit: Marcus Butt / Ikon/Getty Images) Read the full article…

A Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) grain and oilseeds processing facility and warehouse in Brazil. LDC has just made a sweeping commitment to eliminate deforestation from its supply chain in Brazil and across South America. Image courtesy of the Louis Dreyfus…

From BBC Road builders planning a bypass in Sussex, UK, have been urged to find a way that doesn’t cause damage to ancient woodland. The head of South Downs National Park, Margaret Paren, believes engineers can devise a scheme to…