Nutrition and education efforts aim to address stunting of Benin’s children
N’DALI, Benin (AP) — Sabi Bera Zakari didn’t appear to care much how tall his children would grow.…
London sizzles as UK hits hottest day of the year
LONDON (AP) — The U.K. recorded its hottest day of the year Thursday during an excessively dry stretch…
Europe heat and drought disrupt nuclear power plants
A view of the Cernavoda Nuclear Power Plant as low flow rate of the Danube River has raised…
Dry, hot summers are putting Dutch dikes at risk and threatening German river trade
WADDINXVEEN, Netherlands — Jeroen Wouda and Dirk Boom walk slowly along a Dutch dike, prodding at the bone…
Danube River reaches record low water levels during prolonged drought
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — As wildfires rage in France and Spain and a renewed heat wave is bearing…
El Nino has formed in the Pacific and could set records, forecasters say
WASHINGTON (AP) — El Nino, Nature’s chaotic climate agent, has formed in a warmed-up Pacific Ocean and is…
Record drought hits US, which is bad for food prices, fires and water
Drought in the contiguous United States has reached record levels for this time of year, weather data shows.…
Amazon’s ‘flying rivers’ weaken, scientists warn of worsening droughts
BOGOTA, Colombia — Droughts have withered crops in Peru, fires have scorched the Amazon and hydroelectric dams in…
What would happen if the Amazon rainforest dried out? This decades-long experiment has some answers
CAXIUANA NATIONAL FOREST, Brazil (AP) — A short walk beneath the dense Amazon canopy, the forest abruptly opens…