Environment

As the reservoir fills on the Blue Nile, people in both countries are preparing for changes the dam may bring

The Arctic is warming more than twice as fast as the rest of the world, and some scientists believe that thawing permafrost — ground frozen since the last Ice Age —

Utah’s politically contentious southeast corner is a living landscape of culture and civilization

Swarms of desert locusts have been recorded in the region since biblical times, but unusual weather conditions exacerbated by climate change have created ideal conditions for insect numbers to surge, scientists say.

This is starting out as a complicated season for leaf peepers.