Could trawler cams help save world's dwindling fish stocks?

Could trawler cams help save the world’s fish

Mexico pledges to complete huge elevated train in one year

Mexico's troubled Maya Train tourist project will now include a 50-mile (78 kilometer) stretch of elevated trackway through the jungle

BASF to restore polluted Superfund site in New Jersey

The German chemical company BASF will restore damaged natural resources at a notorious Superfund site in New Jersey where decades or pollution and illegal dumping caused vast contamination of the environment

Scientists call for action to help sunflower sea stars

Scientists along the West Coast are seeking action to help sunflower sea stars recover from catastrophic population declines

Mine opponents to ask Minnesota Supreme Court to void permit

The Minnesota Supreme Court hears oral arguments Wednesday on an attempt by environmental groups to cancel a key permit for the long-stalled PolyMet copper-nickel mine

Drying California lake to get $250M in US drought funding

The federal government says it will spend $250 million over four years on environmental cleanup and restoration work around a drying Southern California lake that's fed by the depleted Colorado River

Plea hearing scheduled in 'Gasland' drilling pollution case

A plea hearing has been scheduled for next week in the case of a natural gas driller facing felony charges in Pennsylvania over allegations it polluted a small community's drinking water

Catalonia limits water use as Spain prays for rain

Barcelona and large swathes of Spain’s northeast are going under water restrictions as an extended drought devastates crops and puts the pinch on human activities in the Mediterranean country

Catalonia limits water use as Spain prays for rain

Barcelona and large swathes of Spain’s northeast are going under water restrictions as an extended drought devastates crops and puts the pinch on human activities in the Mediterranean country

Climate, politics double threat as Tigris-Euphrates shrivels

A combination of climate change and politics is threatening the Tigris-Euphrates river system, one of the world's most vulnerable watersheds

Western US cities to remove decorative grass amid drought

Thirty water agencies that supply cities across the western United States are pledging to rip up lots of decorative grass to conserve water in the over-tapped Colorado River

Haiti fears spike in cholera cases as fuel blockade lifts

Cholera cases are overwhelming Haiti as experts warn the situation could worsen now that the country is bustling once again after a paralyzing fuel blockade that lasted two months

Ukraine war's environmental toll to take years to clean up

Environmental damage caused by Ukraine’s war is mounting, and experts warn of long-term health consequences for the population

California sues over 'forever chemicals' that taint water

A lawsuit filed by the state of California accuses 3M, Dupont and 16 smaller companies of covering up the harm caused to the environment and the public from chemicals that have over decades found their way into waterways and human bloodstreams

Rights group: Turkey water cuts worsen Syria cholera problem

A rights group says Turkey isn’t ensuring an adequate water flow downstream into the Euphrates River in Syria, worsening a water crisis that is believed to have increased the spread of cholera in the war-torn country

AP PHOTOS: In India, river erosion engulfs villages

In the 12 years that he has been the priest of a small temple by the mighty Brahmaputra, Ranajit Mandal had never witnessed the river’s fury like this. Not only the temple, but the 50 homes in his native Murkata village were washed away in a...

Conflict, crisis fuel cholera surge across Mideast hot spots

Thousands of cholera cases have swept across Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq in recent weeks

Climate change and rising seas threaten Egypt’s breadbasket

The Nile Delta is one of the world’s most vulnerable areas to climate change

Ian ruins man-made reefs, brings algae bloom to Florida

Hurricane Ian not only ravaged southwest Florida on land but was destructive underwater as well

China fishing fleet defied U.S. in standoff on the high seas

This summer, as China was protesting House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, a much different geopolitical standoff was taking shape in another corner of the Pacific

Tanzania's commercial capital imposes water restrictions

One of Africa’s largest and fastest growing cities has imposed water restrictions as officials blame dry weather and dropping river levels