Environment News

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's largest wildfire destroyed 20 homes in the Annapolis Valley over the weekend as dry winds fanned the flames of the Long Lake fire that continues to burn out of control.

It may still be August, and more than three weeks before the official end of summer, but parts of Canada are already receiving their first snowfall. Northern areas of Nunuvat including Baffin Island and Resolute received their first snow on Thursday.

A new global report says record-breaking 2023 wildfires drove Canada's air pollution to levels not seen since at least the late 1990s and exposed half the country to pollution concentrations above the national standard.

BANJUL, Gambia (AP) — Kawsu Leigh writhed in pain on the fishing boat, his burned skin as mottled as the paint on the deck beneath him. Raw and slick, the burns covered large parts of his upper body.

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Members of an Indigenous tribe who live deep in Peru’s Amazon rainforest and avoid contact with outsiders have been reported entering a neighboring village in what activists consider an alarming sign that the group is under st

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — One of Cyprus’ most devastating wildfires in recent memory was caused by a cigarette discarded by the side of a mountain road, a report by U.S. experts said Thursday. The report by the U.S.

CARVER, Mass. (AP) — About this time of the year, Jarrod Rhodes should be checking on the vines of cranberries that have grown on his bog for decades in southeastern Massachusetts.

NAROWAL, Pakistan (AP) — Rescuers in boats raced to reach stranded families in Pakistan’s populous eastern Punjab province Thursday, after three major rivers burst their banks because of heavy rain and the release of water from overflowing dams in ne

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Climate change that has driven scorching temperatures and dwindling rainfall made massive wildfires in Turkey , Greece and Cyprus this summer burn much more fiercely, said a new study released Thursday.

NEWTOWN, Ohio (AP) — Tyler Jones and Kayla McDonald both grew up camping, so when it came time to plan their wedding, they wanted to be outside to celebrate with friends and family in nature. They also wanted a late summer wedding.