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When President Barack Obama travels to Mexico on Thursday to meet with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto there will be a laundry list of issues to tackle. Texas is asking the leaders to not forget water.

Narendra Modi became prime minister just a month ago. He had a big agenda, but has yet to launch any major programs. But the tech-savvy leader has racked up 5 million Twitter followers.

Scorching temperatures plagued Crete this summer, bringing wildfires, water shortages and electricity blackouts. It's a first-hand lesson in how a slight shift in weather patters can cause big problems, turning parts of the island into desert.

Omo Child is on a mission to stop Mingi, the ritualistic killing of infants and children in the Omo Valley region of Southwest Ethiopia.

The San Diego summer suddenly got a lot hotter, but nowhere near as steamy as it is in the middle of the country. We look at what's up with the weather (the temperature), what's going on with the climate (change), and whether they are related (maybe).

State coastal officials say a hotly disputed proposal to turn ocean water into tap in Orange County should be revamped to protect marine life but the company planning to build what would be one of the Western Hemisphere's two biggest desalination plants called the recommended changes a deal killer.

The threat of devastating wildfires is a fact of life in California. CalFire says it has a prevention plan. But critics in Southern California say using prescribed burns to clear vast tracts of land isn't the answer.

By looking at tree rings dating back seven centuries, climate scientists have found that man-made climate change has made El Niño worse in recent years.

The United Nations has begun airlifting emergency food relief supplies into Somalia's capital. Families fleeing hunger and conflict in the troubled state are streaming into Mogadishu, seeking refuge and food. But there's a funding shortage of $1.5 billion in efforts to aid the 11 million people affected by drought, humanitarian workers say.

California and six other Colorado River states have a plan to share the dwindling resource during drought periods. More than 30 million people rely on the river. KPBS reporter Ed Joyce has more.