Human civilization has achieved extraordinary things — but it has also left a trail of environmental wreckage that spans continents, centuries, and ecosystems. From catastrophic nuclear meltdowns to ...

It is the same old story every monsoon season, only this year it started earlier than usual. Massive cloudbursts over western Nepal and the neighbouring Indian state of Uttarakhand in mid-June ...

Here in my adopted city of Vancouver, people are still reeling from the recent killing of 11 people by a man who intentionally drove his SUV into a crowded Filipino street festival. Among the victims ...

Disaster preparedness and disaster-relief efforts are hot topics on Chinese social media as the country braces for as many as three new typhoons in the next ten days. This follows the devastation ...