The LA wildfires continue to burn, with Santa Ana winds set to intensify and other challenges hampering rescue efforts.
A Coca-Cola plant pumps millions of litres of water in San Cristóbal de las Casas. But locals say their faucets run dry.
Southern right whales are thriving again. Now they face an even bigger threat – the Anthropocene era.
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The extreme conditions are leaving millions without food or clean water.
![A child sits on the street in the Katapokori village, northwest Kenya on October 16, 2024. Katapokori is one of the villages most affected by the severe drought in Kenya, that is generating food insecurity and difficult access to water. Many people are forced to drink water that they fetch from the underground, which is not clean and often causes infections or diseases. [Alessio Paduano/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KenyaDrought_AlessioPaduano_43A7595-1734188512.jpg?resize=570%2C380&quality=80)
The country’s historically disadvantaged north is set to decide the tight race for the first time.
Why have Atlantic salmon populations dropped so dramatically in British rivers, and is fish farming to blame?
More than 27 million lives affected by worst drought in a century, with 21 million children malnourished, says WFP.
Working-class communities bear the brunt of Kathmandu’s floods, worsened by climate change and poor urban planning.
A Palestinian doctor tries to save severely malnourished children amid Israel’s US-backed illegal siege on Gaza.
India wants to renegotiate the 64-year-old pact under which the neighbours split water from six Himalayan rivers.
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Bunkering in South Africa’s Algoa Bay has dramatically cut the population of the former world’s largest colony.
A new NASA study suggests Mars contains an ocean of water underground, sparking conversations about human settlement.
The findings follow analysis of seismic readings from NASA’s Mars InSight lander before it shut down in 2022.
Looming health disaster for displaced Palestinians living in tent camps, where sewage flows freely, contaminating water.
