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By dismantling USAID, the Trump administration has done more than cut off life-saving food and medicine. It has also slashed funding for conservation work in dozens of countries, with many programs now being forced to shut down.

More severe heat and wildfires are leading to worsening pollution across much of the U.S., a new report finds.

Batmunkh Luvsandash has fought to protect more than a million acres of land in his native Mongolia. In a new interview, he recounts how, by drawing on the knowledge of local herders, he was able to take on the powerful mining industry and win.

In a first, wild chimps were found sharing fermented fruit. The discovery raises the prospect that chimps are actively seeking out alcohol and sharing it, much as humans do.

A planned Indian mega-port could "wipe out" one of the world's last isolated tribes, a watchdog group says.

Forecasts that once required huge teams of experts and massive supercomputers can now be made on a laptop using A.I.

The 12th annual Yale Environment 360 Film Contest is now accepting entries.

The Trump administration has re-fired hundreds of climate and weather specialists after a court ruling cleared the way.

Amazon river dwellers are fighting to rein in the massive Belo Monte dam, which has sapped the flow of water along a vital stretch of the Xingu River. With the dam now up for relicensing, they see a rare opportunity to restore the flow.

A new study finds a growing risk of "thirstwaves" as the planet warms.

Despite all that's known about the threats facing freshwater mussels, the cause of a decades-long die-off in the Southeastern U.S. remains a mystery.

Africa is seeing "carbon grabs" by foreign firms, warns the head of the African Development Bank.

Researchers have developed an AI model that can predict when and where lightning will ignite wildfires with 90 percent accuracy.

Nuclear startups are planning to recycle spent fuel and use it to power reactors. Advocates say recycling will curb nuclear waste, but critics warn it will yield materials that could be used in nuclear weapons.

A sea lion sickened by toxic algae attacked a teenage girl in Long Beach, California, on Sunday, the latest episode of erratic behavior from affected animals.

A new study finds warming could inflict far more damage to the global economy than previously assumed.

As the planet warms, the Southern Ocean is getting mysteriously cooler. A new study shows why.

A gold mining boom is funding both sides of Sudan's brutal civil war. The mercury and cyanide used to process gold are poisoning miners and their families, degrading farmland, and seeping into groundwater.

Renewables accounted for 92 percent of new power installed globally last year, a new report shows.

Labeled part of the “climate alarm industry," NOAA is facing steep cuts. But if NOAA has caused alarm, writes scientist Adam Sobel, "that’s because the data are alarming, not because it has an agenda beyond its mission."

Peatland algae will absorb more carbon as the planet warms, helping to take a bite out of emissions, a study finds.

As heat and drought intensify, Australia's ancient Wollemi pines may no longer be safe in the wild. So conservationists are growing the pines in a globally dispersed “metacollection," with trees planted in botanic gardens from Sydney to San Diego. As the planet warms, tens of thousands of other plants may require this kind of intensive care.

Temperatures and carbon dioxide levels hit new highs last year, according to a U.N. report detailing the dire state of the global climate.

New research finds that, pound for pound, grazing cattle generate at least as much heat-trapping gas as those raised in feedlots.

African solar installations are projected to grow by 42 percent this year, according to an industry group.

Waste from a shuttered asbestos mine in Newfoundland has been a troubling source of contamination for decades. Now, a startup plans to process the waste and use it to draw down carbon dioxide — one of several projects worldwide that aim to turn this liability into an asset.