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Peter Gleick: Misrepresenting Climate Science — Cherry-Picking Data for Political Purposes
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In 2009, Harrison Schmitt, a former senator, astronaut, and self-described climate "denier" (and potentially the Energy Secretary to the new New Mexican governor), sent a paper to NASA riddled with long-debunked errors of science. Others have written about this paper, taking it apart error by error. But this week, some of those errors reappeared
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Deforestation May Lead to Kilimanjaro Glacial Melt, Study
New study finds link between disappearing trees and receding ice atop Africa's tallest mountains.
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Peruvian Amazon Drops to 40-Year Low
Prolonged drought has impaired economic activity in the Amazon dependent northeastern part of Peru.
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Kyrgyzstan Launches Controversial Hydropower Plant
The country's energy ambitions could intensify water competition in Central Asia.
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Q&A: James G. Workman on the Bushmen’s Fight for Water Rights and 21st Century Hydro-Democracy
Workman says chances of the Botswanian government returning water rights to the Bushmen as 'pretty slim.'
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Glacier Water Threatens to Flood French Alps Valley
French officials have begun pumping millions of gallons of water as part of a multi-million dollar emergency operation.
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James Workman: Who Owns the Rain—When Thirsty Democracies Deny Individual Liberty to Water
James G. Workman reflects on a recent ruling that compromises the water rights of the Bushmen.
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Record-Breaking Heat Sweeps Across Russia
High temperatures have caused forest fires around Moscow, damaged farmland and left 23 regions in a state of emergency.
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Parag Khanna: How Resource Scarcity Will Lead to a New Global Order
The new global order looks more like a global disorder right now.
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Floods in Myanmar and Bangladesh Displace Thousands, Dozens Dead
Thousands are left homeless along the Naf River border of Bangladesh and Myanmar due to flash floods.
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70 Percent of Himalayan Glaciers Gone by Next Century, Studies Say
Photographic and scientific evidence shows that the melting third pole is still devastating the region
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The Hindu Kush-Himalayan Region
Images from the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region--including Bhutan, Nepal, China, Tibet and India