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Fall cleanup in the garden doesn't mean what it used to

Fall cleanup in the garden doesn't mean what it used to

Cleaning up the garden 鈥 or 鈥減utting the garden to bed鈥 鈥 has traditionally been a fall endeavor.
In the gateway to the Arctic, fat, ice and polar bears are crucial. All three are in trouble.

In the gateway to the Arctic, fat, ice and polar bears are crucial. All three are in trouble.

ON HUDSON BAY (AP) 鈥 Searching for polar bears where the Churchill River dumps into Canada's massive Hudson Bay, biologist Geoff York scans a region that's on a low fat, low ice diet because of climate change . And it's getting lower on polar bears.

Two foreign tourists, a baby and his grandmother, are missing after floods hit central Italy

ROME (AP) 鈥 Two foreign tourists, a 5-month-old baby and his grandmother, were missing on Tuesday after floods hit Italy鈥檚 central Tuscany region overnight, firefighters said.
Heavy rains lash the Cayman Islands as southeast US prepares for a major hurricane

Heavy rains lash the Cayman Islands as southeast US prepares for a major hurricane

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) 鈥 Heavy rains lashed the Cayman Islands on Tuesday as forecasters warned that a nearby cluster of thunderstorms could soon become a major hurricane en route to the southeast U.S.

Two foreign tourists, a baby and his grandmother, are missing after floods hit central Italy

ROME (AP) 鈥 Two foreign tourists, a 5-month-old baby and his grandmother, were missing on Tuesday after floods hit Italy鈥檚 central Tuscany region overnight, firefighters said.
Hurricane John strikes Mexico鈥檚 southern Pacific coast with 'life-threatening' flood potential

Hurricane John strikes Mexico鈥檚 southern Pacific coast with 'life-threatening' flood potential

PUERTO ESCONDIDO, Mexico (AP) 鈥 Hurricane John struck Mexico鈥檚 southern Pacific coast with life-threatening flood potential after growing into a major hurricane in a matter of hours.
Southeast US under major storm warning as hurricane watch issued for parts of Cuba and Mexico

Southeast US under major storm warning as hurricane watch issued for parts of Cuba and Mexico

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) 鈥 Hurricane watches were issued for parts of Cuba and Mexico on Monday as a cluster of storms south of the Cayman Islands was expected to strengthen into a major hurricane while moving north toward the U.S.
Climate solutions: 2 kinds of ocean energy inch forward off the Oregon coast

Climate solutions: 2 kinds of ocean energy inch forward off the Oregon coast

NEWPORT, Ore. (AP) 鈥 On a cloudy late August morning, Burke Hales was on a boat a mile off the central Oregon coast, pointing to a sandy beach along the forested shoreline.
Brazil's Lula to talk climate at U.N., but Amazon fires back home undermine his message

Brazil's Lula to talk climate at U.N., but Amazon fires back home undermine his message

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) 鈥 When Brazil鈥檚 President Luiz In谩cio Lula da Silva opens the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday, he is expected to call on the world to do more to combat climate change.
Unversed in UNGA? Stumped by SDGs? Here's a handy glossary of UN General Assembly meeting lingo

Unversed in UNGA? Stumped by SDGs? Here's a handy glossary of UN General Assembly meeting lingo

UNITED NATIONS (AP) 鈥 The U.N. General Assembly's yearly meeting of world leaders is here 鈥 and with it, an array of acronyms, abbreviations, titles and terms that can be confounding to observers. Here is some key vocabulary, decoded. For starters ..
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