Peatlands are important — the UN Environment Programme estimates as much as 600 billion tonnes of carbon are stored there, as decaying organic material gets trapped inside a water-rich environment.

Scientists warn that the world's sea ice - the frozen ocean water at the North and South Poles - has plunged to a record low.

Peatlands are important — the UN Environment Programme estimates as much as 600 billion tonnes of carbon are stored there, as decaying organic material gets trapped inside a water-rich environment.

Canada is suddenly considering its short- and long-term export and transport options for the oil industry, which includes ...

and flooding to parts of the Bay Area this week. The National Weather Service issued a flood advisory warning to parts of Marin County. San Francisco and Alameda County are currently on flood watch.

According to AccuWeather and Joe Villani, meteorologist at the Albany National Weather Service Office, this seems to track for the mid-Hudson Valley in the first half of February. Wednesday and ...

WASHINGTON: US pilot Sully Sullenberger, who famously landed a damaged plane on the Hudson River in New York in 2009, said he was "disgusted" but "not surprised" by President Donald Trump's point ...

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Fire crews continued to battle a wildfire Tuesday that spread over nearly 10 square miles of remote terrain a few miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border in south San Diego County. "Firefighters ...