Study: Warming makes US West megadrought worst in modern age
SETH BORENSTEIN
AP Science Writer
KENSINGTON, Maryland (AP) — A two-decade-long dry spell that has parched much of the western United States is turning into...
10 pioneer-era apple types thought extinct found in US West
GILLIAN FLACCUS
Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A team of retirees that scours the remote ravines and windswept plains of the Pacific Northwest for...
More drought on tap for western US amid low river flows
SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN
Associated Press
RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) — The mighty Rio Grande is looking less mighty as U.S. forecasters predict spring flows will...
Ex-wildlife chief: Trump rule could kill billions of birds
AMY BETH HANSON and MATTHEW BROWN
Associated Press
BUTTE, Mont. (AP) — At a former open pit copper mine filled with billions of gallons of...
Whales face more fatal ship collisions as waters warm
PATRICK WHITTLE
Associated Press
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Climate change is imperiling the world's largest animals by increasing the likelihood of fatal collisions between whales...
Endangered gray wolf population on the rise in southwest US
SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN
Associated Press
THE EDGE OF THE GILA WILDERNESS, N.M. (AP) — A voice interrupted the crackle of the radio at basecamp: "Starting...
Toxic Superfund cleanups decline to more than 30-year low
ELLEN KNICKMEYER
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration completed the fewest cleanups of toxic Superfund sites last year than any administration since the...
Photos of ‘king tides’ globally show risks of climate change
GILLIAN FLACCUS
Associated Press
DEPOE BAY, Ore. (AP) — Tourists, nature lovers and amateur scientists are whipping out their cameras to document the effects of...
Climate activists from African nations make urgent appeal
DOROTHEE THIESING and CARA ANNA
Associated Press
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) — Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate and peers from other African nations on Friday made...
Climate Action Rally held at Temecula Duck Pond
Jeff Pack
Staff WriterA little more than a dozen folks that are concerned with the Earth’s climate and the policies that they say are affecting...