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Global warming has made conditions historically associated with great wines more frequent in Bordeaux and Burgundy, a study finds. But things look less bright for California vineyards.

More than 330 million Indians are desperate for water, leading some to rely on an ancient — and unproven — method to find it underground.

California Gov. Jerry Brown reflects on his nearly 50-year political career in an interview with All Things Considered's Ari Shapiro.

The fundamental unit of biology is not the self, but the network — and this view has practical consequences, says David George Haskell, author of The Song of Trees.

Once a respected independence leader who called for "democratic rights," Zimbabwe's president became better known over the years as someone "who ruined his own country," says a Zimbabwean journalist.

But it could still take weeks to contain the raging blaze in Southern California, which has destroyed nearly 100 homes and put more than 80,000 people under mandatory evacuation orders.

The state may be in for more extreme dryness in coming years, thanks to the increasingly common "ridiculously resilient ridge."

Warming and longer summers in Greenland have raised hopes for expansion of agriculture on the island. But the summers have been drier, causing a decline in the number of sheep farms on the island.

Firefighting agencies across San Diego County are on high alert Thursday as the Santa Ana winds driving four major wildfires in Southern California are expected to gain strength, with gusts stronger than 80 mph, and create extreme fire danger.

A new report from the American Lung Association says San Diego air quality has recently taken a turn for the worse.