
Alarmingly high levels of deadly toxic metals in Grahamstown’s tap water has scientists worried about the future health of

Up to 77 million people in Bangladesh have been exposed to toxic levels of arsenic from drinking water in

The size and number of marine dead zones-areas where the deep water is so low in dissolved oxygen that

BEIJING, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- Infectious diseases claimed 1,530 lives on the Chinese mainland last month, and nearly one

Floods, storms, drought and other climate-related natural disasters drove 20 million people from their homes last year, nearly four

From tsunamis in Britain to huge avalanches in the Alps and volcanic eruptions in Germany, some of the world's

NAIROBI, Kenya -- Poaching and drought-related hunger have killed more than 100 of Kenya's famous elephants in the north

The Middle East is famously a place of paradoxes, and perhaps the oddest paradox of all is this: the

The nation is headed for strong heat waves in coming decades that will hit cities and farmers and threaten

Scientists at a London conference next week will warn of earthquakes, avalanches and volcanic eruptions as the atmosphere heats