Nearly 200 activists in Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s “Make America Healthy Again” movement are criticizing President Donald Trump's promotion of coal to power artificial intelligence data centers.

Cleanup efforts and damage assessment are underway in Delaware's capital and on Long Island, New York, after tornadoes touched down.

Fat Marmot Week is coming soon.

Search teams have found the remains of American climber Mallory Geis, the last missing member of a 10-member international team killed in an avalanche on Broad Peak.

Record-low water levels at Lake Velence have made boating difficult and closed swimming beaches, offering a stark view of Hungary’s worsening water crisis.

Tens of thousands of people in northwest Indiana are entering a second week without power after a deadly storm toppled trees and power lines.

Communities still recovering from last weekend’s hurricane in Hawaii could get pounded again in coming days.

Brazil is becoming a key player in the rare earth minerals market.

Tens of thousands of people in northwest Indiana remain without power, more than a week after deadly storms leveled trees and knocked down power lines across the region.

Floating tentacled predators pulse and swirl in hypnotic patterns in the dark museum space, lit primarily by images projected on walls and the light from the saltwater tanks.

The Trump administration is moving ahead with plans to rescind a quarter-century-old rule that blocked logging and other development on national forest lands, drawing the ire of environmentalists nationwide.

A deadly stretch of unsettled weather is continuing with thunderstorms, heavy rain and flash flooding an ongoing threat from the Midwest to the mid-Atlantic.

Belgium is battling one of its largest wildfires, despite cooler weather and rain.

The water level at Lake Powell has fallen to a record low in another sign of crisis along the Colorado River.

Indiana public safety officials say at least seven people have died during days of heavy rain and historic flooding in the state.

Hurricane Lala has weakened to a tropical storm after raking Hawaii without making landfall.

Firefighters are battling wildfires in Belgium and Greece, with a massive blaze scorching a nature reserve in eastern Belgium.

Indiana authorities say at least five people have died in storms across the state this week, as first responders worked to rescue more people Saturday from rising waters in neighborhoods along the White River in Indianapolis.

Hurricane Lala has skirted Hawaii’s Big Island without making landfall and is expected to weaken after lashing the region with strong winds and drenching rain.

Tropical Storm Lala is expected to strengthen into a hurricane as it approaches Hawaii's Big Island.

Peruvian authorities have intensified efforts against illegal gold mining in the Amazon's Madre de Dios region.

Summertime, the dreamy ideal of lazy days, is fading.

Firefighters across Europe are battling multiple wildfires as a record-breaking heat wave grips the continent.

Officials say an under-construction tunnel has collapsed at a hydropower project in India’s northern hill state of Uttarakhand, leaving at least seven workers dead.

Rome’s ancient Nero’s Bridge has reemerged from the Tiber River as exceptionally low water levels expose parts of the historic structure near St. Peter’s Basilica.

Marathon organizers are adjusting to warmer race conditions caused by climate change.

President Donald Trump's handling of repairs at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has put the National Park Service in a difficult spot.

Forecasters say Tropical Storm Lala has formed in the Pacific Ocean and a hurricane warning has been issued for the Big Island of Hawaii.

A drought that is slamming Europe this summer is hitting farmers across Europe hard.

Firefighters are tackling multiple fires in central England on a day that the U.K. recorded its hottest day of the year as an intense stretch of hot weather continued to grip Europe.

Brazil’s Supreme Court has upheld state laws denying tax incentives to farmers who adhered to the country's soy moratorium.

Severe storms have wreaked havoc across the Midwest, causing tornadoes, heavy rains, and flash flooding.

Millions of people crowded cloudless cities and towns in Spain in search of the best views of a total solar eclipse, when the alignment of the sun, moon and Earth briefly plunged parts of the planet into darkness.

One Somali family's long trek to escape drought conditions is an example of a deepening humanitarian emergency in Somalia, where years of drought, conflict and economic pressures are pushing more families from rural communities into displacement camps as hunger rises and humanitarian funding shrinks.

Severe weather has cut power to over half a million people in the Chicago area, Indiana and Ohio.

A wildfire in western Canada that has forced about 20,000 people to flee grew overnight.

Jackie, the bald eagle who became an internet sensation and a symbol of the species’ recovery in California, has died after being treated for an illness at a veterinary facility.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says the contiguous United States set a record for its hottest month ever in July.

At a Massachusetts lab, pebble-sized pellets are transformed into forks and films that won’t leave microplastics in the environment.

The first and only person to break the sound barrier in a car has his eye on another speed record.

Tropical Storm Dolphin has dumped heavy rain in eastern China, causing flooding after making landfall as a typhoon.

Indonesia has intensified efforts to combat wildfires that have burned more than 107,000 264,000 acres across the country during an unusually dry season.

The U.K. and France are bracing for the fifth heat wave of the season, adding to an intense stretch of hot weather that has repeatedly sent temperatures soaring across Europe since May.

Health officials in Louisiana are urging beachgoers to take precautions during a summertime surge in infections from a flesh-eating bacteria.

A large Utah wildfire has kept emergency responders from safely reaching the remote site of a helicopter crash.

The largest reservoir in the United States has plummeted to its lowest water level since it was created some 90 years ago.

Farmers in Kenya's Kimana area that neighbors Amboseli National Park are disputing claims that 16 elephants died of cyanide poisoning saying the toxin is not present in the pesticides they use.

Police say a man charged with starting one of the wildfires in Spokane, Washington, that have destroyed hundreds of buildings planned the crime for weeks and researched when the weather would be best for igniting it.

Scientists say two dust storms that blanketed the Phoenix area in thick haze this week were among the most intense to hit the region in years.

An offshore wind company says it's reached a $1.2 billion settlement with the Trump administration to walk away from projects under development off New York, California and Louisiana.

Italy has placed all major cities under the highest heat alert as Europe faces a severe heat wave.

Pakistani military helicopters have airlifted the bodies of five climbers from the snow-covered slopes of Broad Peak.

A new AP-NORC poll finds that Americans are increasingly noticing the impact of extreme heat on their lives, and they say much of that shift is happening in the West and Midwest.

A new study calculates that human-caused climate change doubled the likelihood of the tinderbox weather conditions that sparked Canada’s massive summer wildfires.

Malaysian durian farmers face challenges as climate change impacts their crops.

Crews have taken advantage of cooler weather to begin getting a handle on wildfires that have displaced tens of thousands of people around Washington state’s second-largest city, but hotter, drier and windier days lie ahead.

A federal appeals court has signaled that it might not allow a lawsuit brought by New England fishing businesses and industry groups against a California aquarium to proceed because of the case’s potential impact on free speech.

A wildfire that swept across mountains and coastal areas west of Athens has left hundreds of animals displaced.

Activists on Vancouver Island are once again trying to stop the logging of old growth forests, some of the rarest and most carbon rich ecosystems on Earth.

A record heat wave in Northeast Asia has gripped South Korea, North Korea and Japan.

Lawyers for a former Olympian charged with damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool say that the Justice Department knew or should have known for weeks that its case was flawed.

A federal appeals court has ruled that the Trump administration improperly ended a multi-billion-dollar program for clean energy projects.

With parts of the globe aflame in wildfires, deadly heat waves parking over cities, record hot oceans and a strengthening super El Nino, it seems like we’re baking through the hottest year on record.

In a story published Aug. 5, 2026, about dropping water levels in the Danube river, The Associated Press erroneously identified the ships being exposed because of low water levels as battleships, which are a specific type of very large vessel.

Firefighters are racing to exploit a break in high winds, working to strengthen containment lines on fires west of the Greek capital.

Foundations funded by Leonardo DiCaprio and Jeff Bezos have launched a $200 million initiative to revive 100 of Earth's most threatened species.

Teams in Pakistan are searching on foot for the remains of 10 climbers killed in an avalanche on the world’s 12th-highest mountain.

Court documents show that a 37-year-old Spokane man charged with intentionally setting a wildfire that’s destroyed hundreds of buildings in and around Washington state’s second-largest city was questioned by law enforcement about two different blazes last year, though he wasn’t charged in either.

Customs and Border Protection has ordered construction crews building Trump’s second border wall to stop drilling wells in drought-stricken New Mexico after ranchers said pumping the groundwater needed to mix cement could threaten their livestock.

Nate Rouette and his brother Nelson went shark fishing on Cape Cod hoping for an exciting catch, but were shocked by what they reeled in.

Authorities say they’ve arrested a 37-year-old man suspected of starting one of the devastating wildfires burning around Spokane, Washington.

Governments in Central and Eastern Europe are working to conserve electricity as low water levels on the Danube River threaten power plants.

Europe is grappling with a record-breaking hot and dry summer.

Greece’s fire department says the collision of two firefighting helicopters battling a major wildfire burning out of control west of Athens left two crew members dead, while another two were recovered alive.

Dangerous heat has hit parts of the Western U.S. this weekend, prompting warnings for people to stay inside and heightening wildfire risks in many areas.

Firefighters have contained a vast wildfire in southwestern France, allowing nearly 200,000 people to return home.

The United Nations warns that a strengthening El Nino is intensifying global weather extremes and is adding fuel to a planet that it says is already on fire.

Arizona, California and Nevada would take less water from the Colorado River under a federal proposal to stave off a crisis in the river.

Jean-François Pauner is among many volunteers helping firefighters battle wildfires in southwestern France.

Two new studies reveal climate change's fingerprints over extreme fire weather-triggering infernos in Spain and France.

Major oil companies reported massive profits while fighting between Iran and the U.S. impeded petroleum shipments.

The U.S. Department of Energy is harnessing the artificial intelligence boom in its bid to convert another Cold War-era uranium enrichment site.

George Clooney says his family has been forced to evacuate their home in southeastern France due to a nearby wildfire.

France has allowed 84,000 evacuees to return home after a massive wildfire, signaling progress in battling the flames.

The father of a 10-year-old rescued from pounding surf off the California coast in a dramatic scene captured on video says he is beyond grateful to the teenage lifeguard who saved his son.

As wildfires and successive heatwaves in France and Spain highlight climate change's impact, a severe drought is causing record low water levels on the Danube River, affecting tourism and industry.

Wildfires near Bordeaux are hurting the wine region's economy.

Firefighters in southwest France are battling a mega-fire four times the size of Paris.

Fire crews in southwest France are battling a massive blaze four times the size of Paris, while two firefighters were killed fighting a wind-driven blaze on the Greek island of Crete.

A massive wildfire in southwest France has forced over 220,000 people to evacuate.

Experts say the world is experiencing two opposing fire trends because of human impact.

Delhi has adopted a new policy to make most new vehicles electric, aiming to improve air quality.

Five states have agreed to accept nuclear waste from around the country in exchange for federal help to develop nuclear energy and create thousands of jobs.

Firefighters combating Spain's biggest wildfire on record say they have never seen a fire of such power.

Large waves are coming ashore in Hawaii thanks to Tropical Storm Fausto and in Mexico thanks to Hurricane Genevieve.

French authorities have ordered nearly 4,000 more people to evacuate from Atlantic coast tourist sites because of wildfires.

A major interstate in Oregon was closed for some 70 miles due to wildfire.

A wildfire in southwest France grew so powerful that its towering smoke column became a thunderstorm, generating lightning that struck the ground and ignited new fires beyond the original blaze, French officials said.

Major Hurricane Genevieve is roaring in the Pacific Ocean far from land while Tropical Storm Fausto increases impacts on Hawaii.

French President Emmanuel Macron has urged fire crews to “stay strong” as they battle to bring a monster wildfire under control, warning that the fight will take time.