Drought Lingers, Winter Wheat Crop WithersWeather is a complex, multi-tiered phenomenon, and no event can be tied to a single cause. But we do know that climate change likely increases the incidence and severity of droughts. Last summer's widespread drought, which took big bites out of the US ...

VIDEO: Hiking the 1,700-Mile Keystone Pipeline "Trail""I live a pretty unconventional life," Ken Ilgunas tells me, speaking over Skype from a community library in Marion, Kansas. It's a typical understatement for Ilgunas, who has the kind of ultra-low-key demeanor one acquires after many nights in the backcountry by ...

Over 100 fires are blazing throughout the state, with many threatening communities in the highlands of south-eastern NSW as temperatures soar in Sydney.Australia's "dome of heat" has become so intense that the temperatures are rising off the charts – literally.The Bureau of Meteorology's interactive weather forecasting chart has ...