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A dam built in the 1960's by the Department of Antiquities, and the ancient Mudlim tunnel, both built to protect the area from flooding, in Petra, Jordan, Nov. 15, 2018. Efforts to restore damaged but once fertile land in Jordan's desert is sprouting hope for one of the world’s most water-scarce nations, as a land assessment report Wednesday, April 27, 2022 warns about the effects of degradation. (AP Photo/Laure Van Ruymbeke, file)

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Jordan's restoration efforts push back on degrading land
By OMAR AKOUR AND WANJOHI KABUKURU - Associated Press
Wed,04/27/22-8:06AM , 297 Reads
SABHA, Jordan (AP) — Efforts to restore damaged but once fertile land in Jordan's desert are sprouting hope for one of the world’s most water-scarce nations, as a land assessment report Wednesday warned of the growing scale of global degradation.
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Vice President Kamala Harris waves as she arrives at Miami International Airport, Friday, April 21, 2023, in Miami. Harris traveled to Miami on Friday to announce funding for climate change resiliency projects across the U.S. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

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In Florida, Harris announces $562M for climate resilience
By CURT ANDERSON - Associated Press
Fri,04/21/23-5:37PM , 297 Reads
Returning to Florida to discuss climate change, Vice President Kamala Harris announced Friday that $562 million will be spent on 149 projects around the country aimed at improving resilience to threats such as rising seas and the kinds of coastal flooding that
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Gilda Jackson walks on a pasture on her property that she grows hay on in Paradise, Texas, Aug. 21, 2023. Revved-up climate change now permeates Americans’ daily lives with harm that is “already far-reaching and worsening across every region of the United States," a massive new government report says Tuesday, Nov. 14. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)

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Worsening warming is hurting people in all regions, US climate assessment shows
By SETH BORENSTEIN AND TAMMY WEBBER - Associated Press
Tue,11/14/23-4:05AM , 296 Reads
Revved-up climate change now permeates Americans’ daily lives with harm that is “already far-reaching and worsening across every region of the United States," a massive new government report says.
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A man carries a dog rescued from a residential area destroyed by landslides in Petropolis, Brazil, Feb. 16, 2022. Scientists have long been warning that extreme weather would cause calamity in the future. But in Latin America — which in just the last month has had deadly landslides in Brazil, wildfires in the Argentine wetlands and flooding in the Amazon so severe that it ruined harvests — that future is here already. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo, File)

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Climate change brings extreme, early impact to South America
By DIANE JEANTET, MAURICIO SAVARESE AND DEBORA REY - Associated Press
Mon,02/28/22-11:01PM , 296 Reads
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Scientists have long been warning that extreme weather would cause calamity in the future. But in South America — which in just the last month has had deadly landslides in Brazil, wildfire in Argentine wetlands and flooding in the Amazon so severe it ruined harvests — that future is already here.
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