World Aug 1, 2021

Colombian city plants 'green corridors' to beat rising heat

The measure in Medellin, funded by city hall, is aimed at helping provide a cooler environment for its residents.

World Apr 8, 2021

Amazon deforestation rose 17% in 'dire' 2020, data shows

The loss of primary forest — the clearing of old-growth, intact forest for the first time — hit its third-highest annual total on record since 2000, reaching 2.3 million hectares.

World Nov 12, 2020

Indigenous leaders count on Biden to help save Amazon from 'brink of collapse'

Biden's election as the next U.S. leader, replacing climate change skeptic Donald Trump, has raised expectations that conserving the rainforest will get greater attention and priority.

World / Science & Health Oct 24, 2020

A decade after U.N.-linked cholera outbreak, Haitians demand justice

In the middle of a coronavirus pandemic, it is another, more deadly disease that keeps 20-year-old Haitian Loubean Jean up at night — cholera. Jean was about to celebrate his 11th birthday in 2011 when his father was struck with cholera and died aged 49, ...

World / Science & Health Aug 28, 2019

As the climate shifts, Central America confronts a deadly dengue outbreak

Central America is grappling with its worst outbreak of dengue fever in decades — and scientists say the disease is likely to spread and become more frequent in the future due to climate change. Worst hit is Honduras, where about 109 deaths from the mosquito-borne ...