The invisible volunteers who help keep democracy running
Listen to article • 0:00 minThey’ve been called the “most important people in running an election” by Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt, yet even as interest in election security…
‘Immense’ devastation as Nepal continues search for 2,400 missing in floods
KATHMANDU, Nepal — Entire towns wiped out. Roads, bridges, and communication lines washed away. In just a matter of moments, tens of thousands of people were left devastated and disoriented…
As super El Nino strengthens, study suggests that climate change is intensifying El Ninos
By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A new study suggests that El Ninos — the natural climatic chaos agent that pops up periodically and spikes global temperatures…
Catastrophic floods kill over 270 in Nepal and Tibet, with more than 1,300 missing
Listen to article • 0:00 minDEVIGHAT, Nepal — Rescue teams searched on Thursday for hundreds of missing people along the Nepal-China border, where a catastrophic and deadly torrent of water…
Catastrophic floods kill at least 353 in Nepal and Tibet, with more than 1,300 missing
By NIRANJAN SHRESTHA and SHRISTI KAFLE DEVIGHAT, Nepal (AP) — Rescue teams searched on Thursday for hundreds of missing people along the Nepal-China border, where a catastrophic and deadly torrent…
How a real-life Antarctic experiment inspired Chloe Benjamin’s ‘Under Story’
Six years ago, Chloe Benjamin, author of the New York Times bestseller “The Immortalists,” was hunting for inspiration for her next work of fiction. “The Immortalists” had been published to…
At least 75 killed and hundreds missing after flash floods in Nepal and China
By NIRANJAN SHRESTHA and SIBI ARASU UDIN DHUNGA, Nepal (AP) — Massive flash floods in a border area of Nepal and China on Wednesday killed at least 98 people and…
The world inches toward catastrophic climate events: ‘Bigger shocks are on the way’
By PETER PRENGAMAN NEW YORK (AP) — In the opening scene of American writer Kim Stanley Robinson’s “The Ministry for the Future,” a heat wave combined with a breakdown of…
Hungary drained its waters for generations. Now drought is exposing the cost
By JUSTIN SPIKE GÁRDONY, Hungary (AP) — A fisherman disembarked from his boat in a small harbor on Lake Velence in Hungary last week, trudging up the dock plank that…
Editorial: Irvine wants to dictate grocery store decisions
Irvine City Council member Kathleen Treseder has a remarkably impressive resume. As a University of California Irvine professor, she “leads an internationally recognized research program studying how climate change affects…