Environment and nature

ROME — Mount Etna, the volcano towers over eastern Sicily, evokes superlatives. It is Europe’s…

BEIJING — A Chinese spacecraft entered Mars orbit on Wednesday on a mission to land…

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — Authorities said that better weather has slowed the growth of…

A new report from the United Nations weather agency finds the world is getting several…

SITES, Calif. — In 2014, during a severe drought that would test California’s complex water…

Residents across Louisiana’s coast are taking one last day to prepare for what is being…

Tropical Storm Ida has prompted a hurricane warning for New Orleans and an emergency declaration…

FIREBAUGH, Calif. — As temperatures recently reached triple digits, farmer Joe Del Bosque inspected the…

PORTLAND, Ore. — Extreme heat may be behind death in Portland, Oregon, this week, and…

SEATTLE — Each day, more deaths are linked to the heatwave that struck the Pacific…