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With California in a drought, the coastal city of Santa Barbara is thinking about firing up a desalination plant built in the 1990s.

An annual report, comprising data from scientists across the globe, shows it was the warmest on records that date back 137 years. It also saw the highest sea levels and lowest polar sea ice.

Encore Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2 / On Demand. Explore the story of Florida's Everglades, America's greatest wetland. A tale of greed, hubris and destruction, the film chronicles the repeated efforts to conquer what was once seen as a useless wasteland and the passionate efforts to preserve it.

NASA scientists have begun deploying satellites and other advanced technology to help California water officials assess the state's record drought and better manage it, officials said Tuesday.

No matter where in the globe former President Bush's pursuits took him, he circled back every year, as if tethered, to Walker's Point — his family's estate in Kennebunkport, Maine.

Hundreds of millions of dollars are set to flow for emergency drought relief in California. The legislature Thursday passed a package of bills that will fund water projects and provide immediate assistance to the driest parts of the state.

Watch the New York rap icon perform "Paid In Full" and "Know The Ledge," as well as a new song for Marvel's Luke Cage, at the Tiny Desk.

Conflict and drought have ravaged four countries across North Africa and the Middle East, leaving more than 20 million people in desperate need of food.

A new survey of baobab trees in Africa finds that many of the oldest have died or significantly deteriorated in the last decade. Scientists say climate change and human intervention could be culprits.

Despite recent storms, California is still grappling with a massive tree die-off from drought, wildfires and a beetle infestation.102 million trees are dead or dying in the state - and that’s a conservative estimate.