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It is perhaps the most coveted award in academia, the arts and sciences. You can't get nominated and

Flares, or fires lit at oil and gas wells to burn off excess gas that cannot be transported and sold

CANBERRA, Australia — Australia's environment minister said Tuesday her government will lobby agains

Taylor Swifthas made a surprise stop at a Kansas City children’s hospital, shocking parents and pati

Much of Puerto Rico is still without power after Hurricane Fiona battered the island on Sept. 19. Th

International climate negotiations rolled on today in the resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.

MONTREAL — Negotiators reached a historic deal at a U.N. biodiversity conference early Monday that w

GAZA and LONDON -- Emotional scenes continued to play out in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday as families a

DADO, Pakistan – On a recent morning, a woman in a black robe and face veil picked through muddy wat

The rug is small, what you might call a throw rug. An intricate pattern in red and blue pops off a g

Listen to Short Wave on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts. Historic drought in the west

SINGAPORE — On the day that contractors started hacking at the roof of Tan's Housing Board block in

In 2005, heavy rains flooded neighborhoods around Dakar, Senegal, forcing tens of thousands of peopl

Developing countries are going to need a lot more money to deal with the risks they face from climat