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Cape Horn Dam. Izzy Vanderheiden. Remember how a shady Southern California water agency, the Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District, announced that it wanted to take over the Potter Valley Project on the Eel River, seemingly to thwart dam removal? We have some good news. Earlier this month, the Federal Energy Regulator Commission (FERC) … Read more
LANTON, France (AP) — With his watering can and bucket, Jean-François Pauner meanders from one small fire to the next along a forest floor, dousing small flare-ups of wildfires that have swept through woodlands four times the size of Paris in southwestern France. “This is the first fire I’m experiencing real-time, and I can tell … Read more
UN chief Guterres calls for halt to new fossil fuels as El Nino induces heatwaves, floods, and drought worldwide Published On 31 Jul 202631 Jul 2026 A rapidly intensifying El Nino event is set to dominate global weather patterns in the coming months, unleashing extreme weather across the planet, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has warned. … Read more
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A strengthening El Nino has already broken records for intensity at its early stages, and it likely will spark even more wild weather worldwide as it grows, “adding fuel to a planet already on fire,” United Nations officials warned Friday. A key area of the Pacific Ocean used to measure the … Read more
The flames came quick and strong. Pushed by westerly winds, they’d already devastated Saumos, France, 14 kilometres away, and in the early morning hours of last Friday, were heading, like a match to gunpowder, through an exceptionally dry forest of pines, in an exceptionally hot summer, toward Le Porge. When Stéphanie Dhont looked outside her … Read more
MENASHA (WLUK) — Winnebago County authorities say its tornado cleanup effort faces another obstacle Thursday — the heat. Temperatures will rise to 88 degrees with humid conditions. This has health officials concerned for those outside working to clear debris. They recommend drinking plenty of water and take breaks frequently to prevent overheating. The following locations … Read more
Wooden studs are exposed where finished walls once stood and construction tools are scattered across the concrete floor as Arlene Thompson-Maclaren works to rebuild her basement. For nearly 40 years, the homeowner in Dollard-des-Ormeaux, a suburb in Montreal’s West Island, never had to worry about flooding. Today, she’s rebuilding the space for the third time … Read more
When several dolphin pods join together, it’s known as a super pod. These can have hundreds or even thousands of dolphins all dancing through the waves In 2013, wildlife watchers off the coast of San Diego, California, were blessed with an encounter so special they may have had to pinch themselves to believe it wasn’t … Read more
The breeding grounds of the Southwestern Willow Flycatcher stretch across thousands of kilometres of rivers and streams in the American Southwest, yet much of its habitat has long been difficult to assess in a consistent way. Thick vegetation, changing river systems and seasonal drought all make monitoring the small migratory bird a complex task. A … Read more
LOS ANGELES (KABC) — A new study suggests a major ocean current in the Atlantic Ocean is slowing down, a shift researchers say could influence weather patterns around the world, including the intensity of storms affecting California. Researchers have been examining changes in the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, known as the AMOC, a system of … Read more