Clik here to view.
UN climate report is a 'code red for humanity'
Top of The World — our morning news roundup written by editors at The World. Subscribe here.UN climate reportThe planet is becoming increasingly hot, with human activity changing the climate in...
View ArticleUN scientists warn of worsening global warming
Earth is getting so hot that temperatures in about a decade will probably blow past a level of warming that world leaders have sought to prevent, according to a report released Monday that the United...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The 'emotional whiplash' of coming of age during the climate crisis
"Warmth: Coming of Age at the End of the World," is a new book by author Daniel Sherrell. Credit: Courtesy of Penguin Random House According to the latest UN climate report, the outlook is bleak.The...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Taliban takes over three more Afghan provincial capitals
Top of The World — our morning news roundup written by editors at The World. Subscribe here.AfghanistanThe Taliban has taken control of three more Afghan provincial capitals— Badakhshan and Baghlan...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Taliban take 10th provincial capital in offensive
Top of The World — our morning news roundup written by editors at The World. Subscribe here.AfghanistanThe Taliban have now captured the provincial capital of Ghazni, a strategically important city on...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Taliban takes over half of Afghanistan’s provincial capitals
Top of The World — our morning news roundup written by editors at The World. Subscribe here.AfghanistanAs the Taliban continues its takeover of large swaths of Afghanistan, the group completed its...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Chaos in Kabul as Taliban takes over Afghanistan
Top of The World — our morning news roundup written by editors at The World. Subscribe here.AfghanistanThe Taliban swept into Kabul on Sunday, installing itself in the presidential palace after taking...
View ArticleDiscussion: Climate change and a deepening global health crisis
Rescuers recovered more bodies on Monday from the severe flooding that devastated parts of Turkey's Black Sea coast last week, bringing the death toll to 72, officials said.Torrential rains battered...
View ArticleHaiti's earthquake victims are still overwhelming hospitals
More injured victims from Haiti's deadly weekend earthquake trickled Wednesday into hospitals already overwhelmed with thousands of patients, while bodies are still being found in collapsed buildings...
View ArticleTensions over aid grow in Haiti as quake's deaths pass 2K
The slow pace of aid reaching victims of a powerful weekend earthquake in Haiti, trailed by a drenching tropical depression, has led to growing tensions in the Caribbean nation.At the small airport in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Glasgow climate talks: Africa negotiators mobilize for climate finance
Editor’s note: This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.Farmer Issah Paate sits on the ground in front of his thatched-roof house in Kpinchilla, a small...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Explosion outside of the Kabul airport
Top of The World — our morning news roundup written by editors at The World. Subscribe here.AfghanistanThe Pentagon has confirmed an explosion outside of Kabul airport, with an unconfirmed number of...
View ArticleSea ice plays a crucial role in cooling the planet. It’s melting at...
In the city of Tromsø, Norway, a massive building houses the Norwegian Polar Institute. Sebastian Gerland, a sea ice and climate scientist there, made headlines this month as co-author of a dire UN...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Afghanistan airlift continues after deadly suicide attacks
Top of The World — our morning news roundup written by editors at The World. Subscribe here.Afghanistan evacuationsEvacuation flights at Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport have resumed after...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Rockets targeting Kabul airport intercepted
Top of The World — our morning news roundup written by editors at The World. Subscribe here.AfghanistanUS anti-missile defenses intercepted rockets fired at Kabul’s airport on Monday, a day after the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Taliban declare victory as last US troops leave Afghanistan
Top of The World — our morning news roundup written by editors at The World. Subscribe here.AfghanistanThe last US troops have left Afghanistan to meet the Aug. 31 withdrawal deadline, ending the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Taliban are expected to announce a new government
Top of The World — our morning news roundup written by editors at The World. Subscribe here.AfghanistanTwo weeks after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan following the fall of Kabul, and two days...
View ArticleUS Climate Envoy John Kerry heads to China with a 'clean energy revolution'...
US Climate Envoy John Kerry spent this week in China on a mission to persuade the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases to do more to keep climate change in check.China is the world’s largest...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Bat pups babble and bat moms use baby talk, hinting at the evolution of human...
“Mamama,” “dadada,” “bababa” — parents usually welcome with enthusiasm the sounds of a baby’s babble. Babbling is the first milestone when learning to speak. All typically developing infants babble, no...
View ArticleClimate change is driving extreme weather events around the world in 2021
Extreme, record-breaking weather is happening around the world. Thousand-year floods are drowning Europe and Asia, and unprecedented heat and drought have afflicted western North America, leading to...
View Article