Looming climate impacts: 10 takeaways from draft UN report

A draft report from the UN’s climate science advisory panel is the most exhaustive scientific review…

Colombia has the world's largest variety of butterfly species: study

Colombia is home to the world’s largest variety of butterflies, approximately 20 percent of all known…

Coastal cities face their mortality on the climate 'frontline'

For thousands of years, people have built their great metropolises right up against the contours of…

UN draft climate report: Impacts on people

A draft report from the UN’s climate science advisory panel offers the most exhaustive look yet…

Tunisia 'trailblazer' in Mediterranean seaweed farming

Wading knee-deep in the calm waters of a lagoon, workers in northern Tunisia harvest red seaweed,…

Xi lauds 'new horizon' for humanity in space chat with astronauts

President Xi Jinping on Wednesday lauded the work of three astronauts building China’s first space station…

Hunger, drought, disease: UN climate report reveals dire health threats

Hunger, drought and disease will afflict tens of millions more people within decades, according to a…

Crushing climate impacts to hit sooner than feared: draft UN report

Climate change will fundamentally reshape life on Earth in the coming decades, even if humans can…

UN draft climate report: Impacts on nature

Climate change threats to life on Earth are systemic, interconnected and on a scale unprecedented in…

Strong earthquake shakes Peru's capital Lima

A strong earthquake shook Lima and regions of central coastal Peru late Tuesday, causing fear among…