Article URL: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/united-nations-declares-that-the-world-has-entered-an-era-of-global-water-bankruptcy-180988045/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?i...
Around 160 million people across the United States, from Texas to New York, are bracing for arctic temperatures as a massive winter storm pushes toward the country’s northeast, forcing thousands of fl...
Winter in Connecticut. Kelly Marsh/Connecticut Post via Getty Images While some states' coldest temperatures were recorded recently, others were documented decades ago. Hawaii remains the only state i...
Decades of human activity have left “irreversible damage” to the planet’s water supply, a new report warns....
Traders are betting that New York will see 10 inches of snowfall or more this weekend. JEWEL SAMAD/AFP via Getty Images Stormwatchers are betting on how much snow New York will get this weekend. Winte...
Thousands of U.S. flights scheduled for the weekend were canceled as a massive storm began battering large swaths of the country on Saturday, cutting power and turning major highways treacherous with ...
A Japanese prefecture is taking an innovative approach to keeping bears away: drones. ARMEND NIMANI/AFP via Getty Images A Japanese city is taking an innovative approach to keeping bears away: drones....
Basically was getting annoyed jumping between 5 different sites during this winter storm season, so I built "StormWatch". It's a no-fuss, mobile-friendly webpage (dashboard) that shows all the stuff I...
South Africa's most renowned national reserve has shut its gates amid escalating floodwaters and heavy rainfall, which has already claimed at least 19 lives....
Nuclear weapons testing has affected every single human on the planet, causing at least 4 million premature deaths from cancer and other diseases over time, according to a new report delving into the ...
Trump has said he wants the territory because of its strategic location. Maps show how a melting Arctic is affecting geopolitics....
Donald Trump has renewed global focus on Greenland and the Arctic. Who controls this polar region, and why are power, security and resources at stake?...
A surfer has been attacked by a shark in the fourth incident along the coast of New South Wales in 48 hours. Meanwhile, beaches have been closed across Sydney....
Article URL: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-01-09/california-has-no-areas-of-dryness-first-time-in-25-years Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46698660 Points: 33 # Comm...
Authorities have offered a €1 million bounty for tips related to the attack on Berlin's power grid this month. Meanwhile, European leaders gathered in Hamburg to discuss energy and security cooperatio...
Here in France, as well as countries including Hungary, Greenland and Germany, some residents have been lucky enough to catch a glimpse of the northern lights. These vibrant scenes are the result of t...
In South Africa, extreme weather is leaving its mark on one of the continent’s most iconic natural treasures. Kruger National Park -- a flagship safari destination known around the world -- has been h...
It looks like the wave of campaigns against data centers are getting under big tech companies' skin - and Microsoft is the latest giant to promise to address frustrations on the ground in communities ...
A sample of a polymetallic nodule at the Viridian Biometals lab in Pasadena, California. | Photo: Getty Images The Trump administration took the next step toward unilaterally jumpstarting deep-sea min...
US automakers are bringing back their gas-churning V8 engines as federal regulators relax climate rules. Brandon Bell/Getty Images Car companies have been re-launching powerful V8 engines that were pr...