Environment

New walls, redesigned bridges and restored floodplains: towns in a small German valley are testing how they can survive the next extreme flood.

The Salton Sea is drying up, worsening air pollution for people living near its shores. Authorities are working to stabilize the lakebed and lock down the dust. But for some families, it’s too late.

Keeping cool in the heat with a millennia-old tradition in India, a German company making animal-free medical tests, and building from bottles in Mozambique.

As Europe experiences another summer of extreme heat and wildfire warnings, one tree imported from Australia is coming under renewed scrutiny across the world: eucalyptus.

As flights get pricier and gas prices stay high, more US travelers are turning to trains — and hitting a system built for freight, not people.

Germans save an ancient woodland from coal mining, Australia gives away surplus solar power, and how does a city become the world’s best place for cyclists?

Germans have won a fight to keep a coal mine out of an ancient forest. In the US, the government is opening protected lands for drilling and development.

An artist in Mali and climate scientists in the US are finding new ways to inform the public about the climate crisis.

People in countries like Greece, Italy and Spain have long lived with high temperatures. Here’s what more northerly countries can learn from them about managing heat waves as they become more common.

Unlike the US or parts of Asia, many homes in Germany and northern Europe aren’t equipped to deal with extreme heat. But as the world gets hotter, trends are changing.