The State Department is ordering diplomats in its international organizations bureau to use the term “super intelligence” instead of “artificial intelligence” in all communications following President Donald Trump’s attempt to rebrand the technology.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has met with world and business leaders to advance climate action and clean energy in New York.

Italy’s Senate has given final approval to legislation paving the way for a return to nuclear power.

Southwestern Mexico is bracing for heavy rain and mudslides after Polo became a major hurricane in the Pacific.

This year's powerful El Nino and the record heat it's driving could lead to nearly half a million more heat-related deaths worldwide by the end of February.

Millions of people face deadly climate-related disasters as international aid programs are slashed.

Court documents show that Camp Mystic faces a criminal investigation that could include manslaughter or negligent homicide charges in the deaths of 27 girls amid devastating flooding in Texas last year.

A Mount Dora couple says sewage poured into the water on their property for days before city crews repaired a broken line - but now they say they have been left trying to figure out what to do with the mess left behind.

World leaders are painting quite different views of the future of artificial intelligence at the United Nations, with colorful phrases such as killer robots and super intelligence.

There's excitement on the beaches of Southern California.

Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium announced a third whale has died that was rehomed to the facility as part of an international effort to rescue Canada's last captive whales.

Democratic attorneys general from California and New York are suing the Trump administration over its plans to buy back offshore wind leases as it seeks to discourage expansion of wind energy in favor of fossil fuels.

After a summer spent packing away sockeye salmon, Alaska’s heftiest brown bears are ready to throw their weight around.

Hurricane Polo is gaining strength as it moves along Mexico's southwestern coast as a Category 5 cyclone.

A federal judge has refused to block the Trump administration from giving SpaceX more than 700 acres of wildlife refuge as part of a land swap in Texas.

Officials say two helicopter pilots have been killed in a crash while battling a wildfire at Yosemite National Park in California.

The National Hurricane Center says the tropical cyclone named Polo is now a hurricane in the Pacific Ocean.

World and business leaders this week will grapple with the urgent costs of climate change.

If you've accumulated too many reusable bags, donate the excess.

Tropical Storm Polo has formed off southwestern Mexico.

The U.N. General Assembly is about to host its yearly meeting of world leaders.

Italian health authorities are seeing evidence that rising temperatures and longer warm seasons are helping mosquitoes spread West Nile virus across a wider area, during more months of the year.

An adult humpback whale has been spotted in California's largest river.

Amid growing panic over the risks posed by rapidly developing AI technology, potential 2028 Democratic candidates are scrambling to respond — trying to show they are doing something, even as they acknowledge they need a reluctant Washington to step up.

A federal judge in Rhode Island has ruled that the Trump administration illegally terminated a $7 billion Solar for All program intended to make solar power accessible to more than 900,000 lower-income Americans.

For years, scientists have explored ways to remove carbon from the atmosphere, including through direct air capture, changes to ocean chemistry so seawater can absorb more carbon and reforestation.

Before the first golfer tees off each morning at Interlachen Country Club in Winter Park, superintendent Bryce Gibson is already walking the fairways, listening to birdsong, scouting dry spots and preparing 110 acres of maintained turf for the day ahead.

In the days after Hurricane Lowell, officials asked tourists to stay away from Kauai to let island residents recover and responders clean up.

Killing endangered animals while logging a forest or building a dam would not be considered illegal unless the animals were specifically targeted, under a new interpretation of the Endangered Species Act.

Human remains found in the Grand Canyon this week have been identified as Timothy Allen Smith, the last person missing after the deadly flash flooding in late August.

Countries are embracing clean power and taking steps to use less energy because of the war against Iran.

In the opening chapter of Kim Stanley Robinson's “The Ministry for the Future,” a prolonged heat wave grips northern India.

Human-caused global warming resulting in the Himalayan permafrost thawing was, in part, responsible for the catastrophic glacier and boulder collapse last month.

Democrats on the House Natural Resources Committee say the Trump administration has awarded contracts to begin work on President Donald Trump’s planned takeover of the East Potomac Golf Course in Washington.

A new AP-NORC poll shows Americans are growing more concerned about the environmental impacts of AI.

A major report has found that 12.5 trillion tons of ice from Greenland and Antarctica have melted since 1979.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says a scorching summer has shown the EU needs new tools to tackle climate change.

Egypt is pairing a planned 2,000-megawatt wind project with its first turbine manufacturing plant, seeking to turn renewable energy into an industrial opportunity.

At least 124 land and environmental defenders were killed worldwide in 2025, with Latin America accounting for 85% of the deaths.

A new report by the Amazon Environmental Research Institute has found that gold mining poses a significant threat to Indigenous lands in the Brazilian Amazon.

Paris has been grappling with intense heat and illustrator Marina Antonova captures this in her series “Chronicles of a Heating Planet.”.

Renowned Indigenous Chief Raoni Metuktire is receiving palliative care at home in the Brazilian heartland after being diagnosed with cancer at age 94, his institute says.

The Supreme Court will decide this month whether to hear a lobster fisherman’s challenge to a rule requiring electronic tracking devices on boats.

The Environmental Protection Agency is repealing rules that limit planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from power plants fueled by coal and natural gas, an action the agency said would save industry more than $300 billion in costs and help “unleash” American energy.

Human development may be shifting the seasonal calendar for pollinators, according to a new study from University of Florida researchers.

Expanding deforestation in Indonesia caused by the country’s wood pellet and chip industry is putting further pressure on tropical forests, Key Biodiversity Areas, and Indigenous territories in the archipelago, according to new satellite analysis from Indonesia-based nongovernmental organizations.

Flash flooding brought on by heavy rains has prompted road closures, water rescues and commuter rail problems across the tristate area.

The Atlantic hurricane season is unusually quiet this year due to a strong El Nino, which disrupts storm formation over that ocean.

The Solheim Cup at Bernardus Golf in the Netherlands is encouraging fans to arrive by bicycle.

A federal court has declared that the Energy Department exceeded its authority by forcing a Michigan coal-fired power plant to remain open past its scheduled retirement date last year.

Tourism officials are asking visitors to steer clear of one of Hawaii’s most picturesque islands during recovery from the latest tropical storm to thrash the state.

Thousands of water systems nationwide still have not accounted for potentially dangerous lead pipes supplying homes and businesses with drinking water.

Hurricane Lowell is being linked to at least two deaths in Hawaii after battering its western islands with intense winds and a heavy storm surge.

California has long been farm country, and its oceans soon could be, too.

A University of Florida researcher has documented a mosquito species never before recorded in the United States.

A Japanese military transport ship docked on the island of Borneo as part of a disaster relief mission to help fight wildfires in Indonesia that are causing a toxic haze impacting people’s health in other countries.

The European climate service Copernicus said the Earth just sweltered through its hottest month on record in August.

Investors and scientists are restoring a 23-square-mile tract of peatland in North Carolina to curb emissions of climate-warming carbon dioxide and regenerate native habitat.

Scientists and investors are restoring a 23-square-mile tract of peatland in North Carolina to help curb climate-warming emissions and restore native habitat.

In a story published Sept. 10, 2026, about Grand Canyon flooding, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the Transcanyon Waterline starts from the North Rim.

Mont Blanc, western Europe's highest peak, is experiencing dramatic changes due to climate warming.

The driveway of a coastal mansion in Malibu owned by actor Nicolas Cage has collapsed and opened a giant hole in front of the house.

Michigan officials have a plan that aims to save the Great Lakes' whitefish from invasive mussels.

Citrus land keeps vanishing from Florida’s landscape, down nearly 21 percent over the past year, according to a federal report. While the industry produced a slight increase in its overall 2025-2026 harvest from the prior season, individual growers have been weighed down over the past two decades by hurricanes, winter freezes, changing drinking habits, a citrus greening disease and development pressures.

Damaging winds and heavy rains from Hurricane Lowell have pelted Hawaii’s western islands, causing widespread power outages.

Three Sumatran tiger cubs born at a zoo near Athens are offering hope for one of the world’s most endangered big cats.

The flash floods two weeks ago swallowed settlements in Nepal, damaged hydropower projects and left thousands of homes in need of rebuilding.

Hurricane Lowell was expected to cause major rains across Hawaii on Tuesday as its core was projected to pass over or near the sparsely populated island of Niihau.

Nepal is holding a day of mourning to remember those killed in the Aug. 26 floods.

Gas prices in the U.S. have hit a record high for Labor Day weekend, averaging $4.14 per gallon.

Hurricane Marie is creating dangerous conditions at beaches across Southern California over Labor Day weekend, with strong currents and huge waves presenting a threat to swimmers and surfers.

Officials in Hawaii are urging residents to prepare for heavy rains and flooding as Hurricane Lowell, a major Category 3 storm, prompted forecasters to issue a tropical storm warning and a hurricane watch for two islands.

The death toll from a mudslide in eastern China has risen to three after days of torrential rain brought by Typhoon Saudel.

Lu Haitao’s family can finally breathe a sigh of relief after the Chinese man's rescue from a tunnel that protected him from the Nepal flooding.

Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau volcano has erupted, causing flight cancellations at Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta International Airport and stranding about 170,000 passengers in the region.

Tens of thousands of people have rallied in Croatia in an environmental demonstration.

Chimpanzees once used in hepatitis B vaccine experiments are getting health checks at their new home in Liberia.

The Environmental Protection Agency is seeking additional public comments as it tries to redefine the scope of the nation’s bedrock clean water law to significantly limit the wetlands it covers.

A handful of U.S. farmers are looking at a new solution to extreme weather.

Wendell Berry, the influential Kentucky author who died this week at 92, inspired many with his deep spiritual vision and his commitment to nature.

Rescuers in Nepal have pulled two workers alive from an underground tunnel at a hydropower plant.

The Trump administration is allowing construction of a state-federal project aimed at preventing invasive carp from reaching the Great Lakes to move forward.

The U.S. Forest Service is closing 23 research stations in more than a dozen states as part of an organizational overhaul under President Donald Trump.

The Trump administration has stalled a study that would help identify industries dumping harmful PFAS chemicals in wastewater, two former officials say.

Brazil’s Senate has approved a bill to regulate the exploration of critical minerals, including rare earths, marking a step toward exploiting its vast reserves.

France has recorded its hottest summer since measurements began over a century ago, according to the environment minister.

The Trump administration has been fighting with California officials over offshore oil projects and the state's coastal commission, which works to protect the state's shores.

It was a monster of a storm that formed within minutes.

A plan by the Environmental Protection Agency could make it harder for the public to learn about and comment on proposed AI data centers that have sparked a backlash in communities across the country and become a key election issue.

Some survivors in Nepal's relief camps after deadly floods are struggling to obtain essential medicine and cash.

Stormy weather can send the Pacific Ocean flooding into people's homes in small, remote island nations.

Texas authorities have rescued dozens of people from stranded cars, homes surrounded by floodwaters and an assisted living facility as former Tropical Storm Edouard lingered over rural parts of the state.

Some tourists previously reported missing in Nepal have made contact with authorities, officials said Wednesday.

In a strategic retreat, the United Nations concedes that Earth has lost its chance to prevent some of the worst impacts of global warming.

The flash floods in Nepal were only the latest in an accelerating series of disasters that have battered the Himalayas in recent years.

As extreme heat and poor monsoon rains result in more demand for power in India for cooling and pumping out groundwater for agriculture, India is managing to meet its power needs.

Tourists are scrambling to find lodging elsewhere after deadly flash flooding in the Grand Canyon.

The former Tropical Storm Edouard weakened into a depression while unleashing heavy rains and strong winds on parts of Texas.

Drone pilot Manish Maharjan has helped rescue teams in Nepal find people missing after last week’s catastrophic floods.

Rescue teams are continuing to search for thousands of people still missing after last week's catastrophic flooding in Nepal and China, as the death toll exceeded 1,000.