North Carolina government calculates Hurricane Helene damages, needs at least $53B The estimate includes damages and potential investments to prevent similar destruction in future storms. The Associated Press
The Greek island paradise of Amorgos is wrestling with a water shortage Most visitors to Greece's Amorgos don’t know though is that on the island itself, water for household use and irrigating crops is far from abundant. Farmers are struggling to grow crops. Niki Kitsantonis
To save nature, world leaders aim to turn words into action at biodiversity summit The United Nations effort to achieve “harmony” with the natural world kicks off in Colombia this week. Recent reports show there's a lot of work to do to achieve that goal. Nate Rott
Colorado residents work to harvest fruit before bears get to it Fall is feeding frenzy time for bears putting on weight for hibernation.
Chicagoans splash into an unseasonably warm Lake Michigan Lake Michigan keeps breaking temperature records, extending this year's beach season for some in Chicago.
A receding Lake Powell is bringing Colorado River rapids in Utah back to life There’s a lot of anxiety about climate change shrinking Lake Powell, but it also means whitewater rapids upstream have re-emerged. Thrillseekers can now run them for the first time since the 1960s. Luke Runyon
The U.S. gets a new national marine sanctuary, the first led by a tribe Over 4,500 square miles of ocean will be protected off the California coast. It will also be managed in partnership with the indigenous groups that fought to create it. Lauren Sommer
Too much cyanide in Puget Sound? EPA to review state regulations Federal officials have agreed to take another look at how Washington state regulates a deadly poison — cyanide. John Ryan
Native communities in Louisiana working to restore river cane In Louisiana, river cane has been essential to the environment and the culture of Native tribes. But this type of bamboo is vanishing there.