Gaza’s limited water supply raises concerns for human health
NEW YORK — A lack of clean water in the Gaza Strip is raising major concerns for human health. “Gaza is running out of water, and Gaza is running out …
Water shortages
Millions of children are displaced due to extreme weather events. Climate change will make it worse
Storms, floods, fires and other extreme weather events led to more than 43 million displacements involving children between 2016 and 2021, according to a United Nations report. More than 113 …
Water hookups come to Alaska Yup’ik village, and residents are thrilled to ditch their honey buckets
AKIACHAK, Alaska — Sanitation workers Thomas Noatak and Joseph Moses start every workday riding a four-wheeler along the muddy roads of this small Yup’ik village on southwestern Alaska’s vast Kuskokwim …
Workers exposed to extreme heat have no consistent protection in the US
RENO, Nev. — Santos Brizuela spent more than two decades laboring outdoors, persisting despite a bout of heatstroke while cutting sugarcane in Mexico and chronic laryngitis from repeated exposure to …
Grand Canyon officials warn E. coli has been found in water near Phantom Ranch at bottom of canyon
Grand Canyon National Park officials are warning that E GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. — Grand Canyon National Park officials warned that E. coli bacteria was detected Friday in the …
Scientists Concerned as Global Warming May Lead to Surge in Infectious Diseases
NEW YORK — People around the world are living longer, healthier lives than they were just half a century ago. Climate change threatens to undo that progress. Across the planet, …
French tourism businesses concerned about increasing droughts and the impact on customer numbers
SAINTE-CROIX du VERDON, France — At the pristine southern French lake of Sainte-Croix-du-Verdon, tourists in pedal boats and on white water rafts — and the businesses that welcome them — …