Sarah Kaplan

In 1988, the chickpeas and rice in this curry were part of a well-balanced meal - a serving of each provided a plethora of essential nutrients, including roughly 22% of the zinc a person needs to consume each day.

Experts fear the degradation of Earth's food supply will cause an epidemic of hunger.

A stopgap proposal from Arizona, California and Nevada is unlikely to break the stalemate in negotiations over the future of the river.

The cost of water and related services is rising twice as fast as inflation while utilities scramble to cope with escalating droughts and more intense storms.

Between 1998 and 2020, the average cost of water, sewer and trash collection services increased more than twice as much as the overall U.S. consumer price index, according to government data.

As utilities cope with weather extremes by scrambling to repair infrastructure and tapping new water sources, the cost is beginning to show up.

About a quarter of all scheduled matches are likely to be played amid heat and humidity levels that make it harder for the body to stay cool, a new report finds.

The upcoming FIFA World Cup is expected to be the most-watched sporting event in history, with more than 5 million people slated to attend an expanded competition hosted across the United States, Canada and Mexico.

He pushed for the first congressional hearings on climate change and helped negotiate a landmark U.N. treaty, the Kyoto Protocol.

Mr. Pomerance, as president of the Friends of the Earth, spoke with reporters in 1983. J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press