Iran’s president, Masoud Pezeshkian, reportedly said that if it doesn’t rain by late November, Tehran, a city of ten million people, will have to ration water. If there’s no rain after that, they will ...

The protein is called CIRBP, and it plays a key role in repairing double-strand breaks in DNA, a type of genetic damage that can cause disease and shorten lifespan in a variety of species, including ...

Last week, at a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, many countries made commitments to cut back fossil fuel emissions to fight climate change. China announced it would curb emissions by up ...

In good news last week, Morocco and Sierra Leone ratified the High Seas Treaty that seeks to protect marine biodiversity in international waters—those beyond the jurisdiction of any country. The two ...

Last week, the Central Arizona Project (CAP) and more than 20 cities in Arizona announced that they were banding together to fight for their state’s share of the Colorado River. CAP delivers river ...

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to temporarily stop an expansion of the immigration detention center called “Alligator Alcatraz” in the Florida Everglades, while she considers whether ...

The report from the Energy Department was submitted as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a proposed rule last week to repeal the Endangerment Finding made in 2009 that said greenhouse ...

Sixteen years ago, the Environmental Protection Agency determined that greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide and methane, were dangerous to the public. The EPA’s "Endangerment Finding"—contained ...