The Taliban is betting a quarter of Afghanistan's yearly tax revenue on a 285 km canal that could slash the Amu Darya's flow by 50%, threatening the agriculture and survival of millions across ...

The Himalayas, Karakoram, Hindu Kush, Pamir and Tibetan Plateau are often called Asia’s Water Towers for one simple reason.

Greenland is one of the fastest-melting iced-over regions on Earth. In fact, scientists say the large-scale melting of Greenland’s massive ice sheet is irreversible, and it’s happening now at an ...

Picture sea ice in your mind. You probably imagine brilliant white, snow-covered floes floating on the surface of the ocean, home to penguins in the south of the globe or polar bears in the north. But ...

Families and outdoor enthusiasts from across Delmarva can look forward to a new summer tradition in Snow Hill. The Snow Hill RiverFest is set to debut July 18 at Sturgis Park, 200 River St., Snow Hill ...

Greenland’s ice sheet is now melting in ways never seen before, with extreme events becoming more frequent, widespread, and intense. Since 1990, meltwater production has skyrocketed, and most ...

A rare dataset collected by instruments at the point where Antarctica’s largest ice shelf begins to float reveals ocean processes that drive melting at this critical part of the continent. During a ...

IRVING, TX — The Plastics Pipe Institute, Inc. (PPI) has released a new technical resource to help engineers and contractors design more effective hydronic snow and ice melting (SIM) systems, with a ...

Deep within the desolate, salt-choked basins of the Kyzylkum Desert in Kazakhstan lies a geographical ghost. Once a prominent island in the heart of the Aral Sea, Barsa-Kelmes is a name that still ...

Nick Caloway is a multi-skilled journalist who was thrilled to join the CBS News New York news team in August 2019. Since then, Nick has covered crime, politics, the pandemic and more across the ...