Activists Disrupt Harvard-Yale Rivalry Game To Protest Climate Change The game was delayed for about an hour Saturday when students stormed the field after half-time calling on the universities to divest their multi-million dollar endowments from fossil fuels companies. Sam Gringlas
Climate Planners Turn To Virtual Reality And Hope Seeing Is Believing The threat of climate change and the efforts needed to adapt to it are hard to comprehend. One Maryland community hopes it can be a model for communicating the risk and prompting action. Nathan Rott
Environmental Activists Say Lebanon's Government Has Failed To Regulate Polluters Lebanon is suffering from environmental devastation. With activists alleging the government is failing to regulate the polluters, some Lebanese citizens are taking matters into their own hands. Ruth Sherlock
In Australia, Stubborn Fires Shroud Cities In Smoke, Char Terrain And Menace Koalas The blazes in one state alone have consumed an area about eight times the size of Los Angeles, and other fires have erupted across Australia. Amid drought and dry months to come, it could get worse. Julie McCarthy
'Maybe It Will Destroy Everything': Pakistan's Melting Glaciers Cause Alarm Pollution and global warming are causing glaciers to melt and form unstable lakes in the north of the country. NPR visits a valley where farms were destroyed by glacial floods. Diaa Hadid
Sorry, climate: Washington state's carbon emissions stay stubbornly high Washington state’s carbon emissions remain stubbornly high, despite the efforts of Gov. Jay Inslee and others to rein in the climate-wrecking pollution, according to the latest numbers from the Washington Department of Ecology. John Ryan
Southeast Asia's Largest Lake Is Under Threat And So Is The Greater Mekong Ecosystem Southeast Asia's biggest lake is in serious trouble. Drought, dam building and overfishing have brought the Tonle Sap to a tipping point. And as the lake goes, so goes the greater Mekong ecosystem. Michael Sullivan
After Venice Floods, Volunteers Wade In To Help Salvage What They Can The Italian city is reeling from a week in which floodwaters damaged the city's cultural legacy, as well as homes and businesses. Volunteers are helping salvage precious books, among other items. Sylvia Poggioli
The Challenges Scientists Face While Working In The Arctic Ocean The Arctic Ocean is a stunning place that not many get the chance to see. But if you're a scientist there to do field work, that beauty comes with some pretty unique challenges. Ravenna Koenig
Amazon Rainforest Sees Biggest Spike In Deforestation In Over A Decade Not since 2008 has the Amazon been destroyed at a faster rate, according to Brazilian authorities. They say an area more than 12 times the size of New York City was deforested in the span of a year. Colin Dwyer
