Alonso Álvarez de Pineda made the first map labeling those waters as the Gulf of Mexico in 1519. Before that, you likely ...

The Nations' climate chief calls the nations' plans “among the most important policy documents governments will produce this ...

EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — From the 1930s to the 1960s, the Green Book was a vital guidebook for travelers of color in the United States that identified restaurants, hotels, gas stations ...

Parts of Australia are being hit by extreme weather this week, with heatwave and flood warnings issued across the country. The temperature in the town of Meekatharra in Western Australia is ...

The National Weather Service, which is suffering its lowest staffing in decades, is staring down further cuts and the nomination of an agency leader its employees are wary ...

The United States is by far the world’s largest source of foreign assistance, although several European countries allocate a much bigger share of their budgets to aid. USAID funds projects in ...

NEW ORLEANS — This year’s Super Bowl will be held indoors at Ceasar’s Superdome in New Orleans and while the temperature inside will be set to a comfortable 74 degrees, Louisiana didn’t ...

Related: Mexico and Canada strike back with retaliatory tariffs on US The trade war affected stock markets around the world. The United Kingdom’s benchmark FTSE 100 was down 1.1% by 6:40 a.m ...

Panoramic view of the venezuelan Andes ... Colombia’s Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta boasts peaks that reach up to 18,700 feet, some of the world’s highest coastal mountains. Despite their proximity to ...

Human-caused climate change increased the likelihood and intensity of the hot, dry and windy conditions that fanned the flames of the recent devastating Southern California wildfires, a scientific ...

Getting a penguin’s-eye view of the ocean is now a reality ... Then, that pixel measurement can be converted into a real-world measurement in millimeters. This allows scientists to estimate ...