Latin America's top human rights court has issued a groundbreaking advisory opinion linking states’ human rights obligations to their duty to address climate change.

The study shows that Earth’s climate has dramatically shifted before, triggering drought patterns like those seen in Cape ...

Spanish authorities say two people have died in northeastern Spain in a wildfire that spread quickly before firefighters ...

Now, eight years after a court-ordered settlement required Flint officials to replace the pipes, nearly 11,000 have been ...

University of Minnesota researchers say using nature instead of concrete is best for controlling Mississippi River flooding in Minnesota and the upper Midwest.

Rhode Island lawmakers have created five new study commissions to address various state issues. The commissions will study ...

Jeffrey Bell watched as crews dug up and replaced neighbors’ lead water pipes, hoping his mother’s house would be next. Workers told him it wasn’t on their list but probably assigned to another ...

Few fish are as synonymous with Michigan as whitefish. Pushed to the edge by invasive species, their struggle is the tip of a ...

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The Colorado River’s average flow has declined dramatically since 2000, and research has shown that human-caused climate change is a major contributor.

According to the Asian Development Bank in 2013, about 9 million people lived in close contact with the river, where levels of fecal coliform bacteria are more than 5,000 times the mandatory limits.