Environment

U.S. officials declared the first-ever water shortage from a river that serves 40 million people in the West.

Smoke from dozens of wildfires burning in Russia reached the North Pole for the first time in recorded history, NASA said.

A U.N. report said Earth’s climate is getting so hot that temperatures will probably blow past a level of warming that leaders have sought to prevent.

Emperor penguins currently number fewer than 300,000 breeding pairs and require stable sea ice to survive and raise chicks.

This data comes as melting rates across the world, including Greenland, have accelerated in recent decades.

Video from space shows smoke from wildfires burning in the western U.S. blowing across the country, reaching as far as New York.

The largest wildfire burning in the country isn’t expected to be fully contained unless a “season-ending weather event,” such as significant rain or snow, lends a helping hand.

After being closed for about three days, Los Angeles County Public Health finally gave the green light to reopen the beaches Wednesday night.

A new study shows portions of the Amazon rainforest are now emitting more carbon dioxide than they absorb due to factors including deforestation and climate change.

City leaders in the Twin Cities metro are urging people not to release their pet goldfish in area lakes.

The Bootleg Fire incinerating part of southern Oregon is the largest wildfire currently burning the U.S., spreading across more than 200,000 acres.

The number of wildfires that have burned through the U.S. and continue to burn is the largest since 2011, according to data from the National Interagency Fire Center.

More manatees have died already this year than in any other year in Florida's recorded history, primarily from starvation due to the loss of seagrass beds. 

If verified, the 130 degree Fahrenheit temperature would be among the hottest ever measured on the planet.