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The spread of air conditioning may have kept some people from dying in this summer's extreme heat. But studies project more heat-related illnesses as the climate warms.

Apple growing is a ruthless business obsessed with good looks. Higher temperatures affect every part of of the fruit's life cycle, from more pests to changing color — and can even give them sunburn.

The latest climate models show a weak El Niño event.

The Salton Sea, the biggest lake in California, is shrinking. The state recently adopted a 10-year plan to address some, but not all, of the problems the shrinking sea is causing.

The San Diego Zoo Safari Park's newest elephant was introduced Tuesday to the rest of the herd, but he's sure to stand out.

The world gave a record amount of money to help people caught up in international crises. We've got ten questions so you can test your aid I.Q.

Sierra Nevada snow drifts are at a drought-busting 173 percent of average, with the most snow recorded since 1995, California water managers said Thursday.

No, songs addressing climate change aren't new. But the new music that does seems animated less by a sunny streak of mainstream activism, and more by a certain feeling we all seem to be sharing.

Finding a river in the West that still behaves like a Western river — one that rises and falls with the annual rush of melting snow — is tough.

More than a thousand firefighters battled to keep a raging Southern California forest fire from reaching foothill neighborhoods Friday before the expected return of blustery winds that drove the flames to new ferocity a day earlier.