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Two Serbian flags hang on a pole surrounded by snow-covered tree branches.
DW
Serbians caught between East and West struggle to keep warm
6:30
Two hikers wearing cold-weather gear traverse a snowy mountain slope, with snow-covered peaks visible in the background under a clear blue sky.
Out of Eden Walk
As climate change melts permafrost, landslides are becoming more dangerous 
7:23
Silhouette of a city skyline with cranes against a sunset sky filled with orange contrails and wispy clouds.
Environment
Spanish weather forecasters face an alarming jump in online attacks
3:48
Climate science and solutions
From canals to concrete: How Milan lost its cool
6:16
Environment
Monsoon mayhem: How climate change is fueling floods and landslides across India
5:47
Out of Eden Walk
Out of Eden Walk: Record-breaking heat in Japan is hurting rice farms
7:18
Climate Change
Rising temperatures in India are pushing those who have to be outdoors to adapt to a new reality
4:49
A passenger cools off a child using a pipe that supplies water to trains at a railway station on a hot summer day in the northern Indian city of Allahabad April 23, 2015.
Environment
Despite the extreme heat wave hitting India ‘you have to keep going’
A sea surface temperature anomaly in the tropical Pacific Ocean during the peak of the 2009-10 El Niño.
Environment
El Niño is back, and global temperature records are in danger
El Niño Makes Atlantic hurricanes less likely.
Environment
Welcome to the ‘Double El Niño’ — and more extreme weather
The polar jet stream carries weather around the Northern Hemisphere. Climate researcher Jenifer Francis believes the rapidly warming Arctic is slowing and warping the jet stream, allowing Arctic air to spill farther south in some places.
Science
How the warming Arctic might be behind Boston’s deep freeze
Andrea's snow selfie
Environment
It’s a day of wild winter weather for PRI’s The World
Flood in Kashmir
Environment
A journalist returns to his hometown in Kashmir after the worst flood in a century
Environment
A new tool seeks to put more knowledge about storm surge in the hands of Americans
A car is seen stranded in the flooded town of Obrenovac, southwest of Belgrade.
Environment
While the rain has stopped in the Balkans, rescue workers still have a lot to do
Dust storm Melbourne Australia
Environment
The Pacific Ocean is gearing up for a big El Niño
The river Thames floods the village of Datchet, southern England February 10, 2014. The British Government's top climate science agency says this winter's unrelenting rain is likely due at least in part to climate change.
Environment
The British government says climate change is likely behind its wettest winter ever
Arts, Culture & Media
So what if it’s cold? You’re in America. You’ll be fine!
A man is silhouetted against condensation rising off of Lake Michigan in Chicago on January 6, 2014. Chicago was experiencing historic cold this week.
Environment
Could the polar vortex have something to do with global warming?
Environment
What’s a deep freeze for the US is just another day in northern Canada
storms
Environment
Storm expert says climate change may have played a big role in Typhoon Haiyan after all
Residents walk along the coastal village while strong winds from Typhoon Haiyan battered Bayog town in Los Banos, Laguna, south of Manila November 8, 2013.
Environment
Monster storm Haiyan batters the Philippines