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Desalination has become a hot topic as California looks to mitigate the ongoing drought. Midday Edition takes a look at lessons learned from Australia's drought.

We're in the middle of an El Niño that's already caused weather-related disasters and will last at least several more months. Now for the good news.

We're in the middle of an El Niño that's already caused weather-related disasters and will last at least several more months. Now for the good news.

Mongolia's herders are accustomed to cold, but the extreme conditions of the country's terrible winters, known as dzuds, killed countless livestock and livelihoods. Herders have had to adapt.

For months the Senate negotiated the bipartisan legislation, which provides money for states dealing with natural disasters. The bill now goes to President Trump, who had said he would sign it.

The remote community of Nanwalek on Alaska's Kenai Peninsula is accessible only by boat or seaplane. Now, it's running out of water because of a lack of rainfall and low snowpack.

A lack of crops for bees to pollinate has California's beekeeping industry on edge. Some are feeding their colonies pricey processed bee food or moving their hives out of state to forage.

Rain and snow hit San Diego County this week, but precipitation levels have remained fairly average across the state despite El Niño predictions.

Much of the Santa Cruz River is a dry, desert wash, only flowing after heavy monsoon rains. As Tucson Water hydrologist Dick Thompson and I walk along the river south of Starr Pass Boulevard, he points out how brown the vegetation looks.

The U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has released its latest report on the oceans, and it's not good. The report also notes a relatively new phenomenon in the oceans: marine heat waves.