Department of Natural Resources and Renewables firefighter Kalen MacMullin of Sydney, Nova Scotia, works on a fire in Shelburne County, N.S. on Thursday. Rain and a rainy forecast for the weekend have fire officials hopeful. Communications Nova Scotia/The Canadian Press via AP hide caption
High tides have destroyed roads and structures in Vietnam as rising sea levels threaten farmland in the country's Mekong River Delta. Linh Pham/Getty Images hide caption
This Aug 25, 2020 image captured by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope shows the planet Jupiter and one of its moons, Europa, at left, when the planet was 406 million miles from Earth. AP hide caption
In this Oct. 8, 2019, file photo, the Central Arizona Project canal runs through rural desert near Phoenix. The canal diverts Colorado River water down a 336-mile long system of aqueducts, tunnels, pumping plants and pipelines to the state of Arizona. Ross D. Franklin/AP hide caption
A resident bails water from a flooded home in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Catano, Puerto Rico in 2017. Climate change is making hurricanes more dangerous. Carlos Giusti/AP hide caption
A burnt landscape caused by wildfires is pictured near Entrance, Wild Hay area, Alberta, Canada on May 10, 2023. Canada struggled on May 8, 2023, to control wildfires that have forced thousands to flee, halted oil production and razed towns, with the western province of Alberta calling for federal help. MEGAN ALBU/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Some of the fastest sea level rise in the world is happening in Galveston, Texas. Ryan Kellman/NPR hide caption
Firefighters hose down a burning house during the Tick Fire in Agua Dulce near Santa Clarita, Calif., in October 2019. Mark Ralston/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
John Carlon of River Partners says restoring floodplains can help take pressure off downstream levees by storing floodwaters, as well as providing much-needed wildlife habitat. Lauren Sommer/NPR hide caption
A worker at the Wupperthal Original Rooibos Co-operative's processing facility carries a bag of freshly harvested rooibos to the processing area. The country's rooibos tea exports have skyrocketed from barely 500 tons in 1996 to nearly 9,000 tons today — enough to fill 3.6 billion teabags. But Indigenous farmers were long cut out of the revenues, until a ground-breaking agreement was forged. Tommy Trenchard for NPR hide caption
Adam Savage, host of Tested, and right to repair advocate, shows off the lathe he's fixing at his San Francisco workshop. Chloe Veltman/NPR hide caption
Wealthy countries and investors are planning to give Vietnam billions of dollars to help it transition from coal to renewable energy. But the climate deal has come under fire because of Vietnam's record on human rights. STR/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Water surrounds damaged homes in Lafourche Parish, La., after Hurricane Ida in 2021. Many people in Louisiana are still recovering from past hurricanes as this year's hurricane season gets underway. "Anytime we have a community that is still going through a recovery from a previous storm, it just makes them that much more vulnerable," says FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell. Steve Helber/AP hide caption
Lyle Jack stands in front of an electrical substation on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, where he's hoping to connect a wind farm to the power grid. Dan Charles/NPR hide caption
Pipes direct water into an irrigation project held by the University of California. After a few decades of not enough water California water officials are scrambling to catch as much of this year's floodwaters as they can. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption
A warning sign marks the location of a pipeline in Satartia, Miss., where a rupture caused the release of poisonous gas. Julia Simon/NPR hide caption
Typhoon Mawar approaches the U.S. territory of Guam on Tuesday, May 23, 2023. NASA/AP hide caption
Damage from Hurricane Ian near Pine Island, Fla., in 2022. The storm caused at least $50 billion in insured damage. Gerald Herbert/AP hide caption
The Colorado River at Yuma, Arizona Kirk Siegler/NPR hide caption
A lodgepole chipmunk (Tamias speciosus) on a rock. Ketki Samel hide caption
Deemmeris Debra'e Burns shows the spot on a rural road in Satartia, Miss., where he lost consciousness when a carbon dioxide pipeline ruptured, an experience he thinks is a warning for America. Julia Simon/NPR hide caption
Water levels at Lake Powell, the nation's second-largest reservoir, remain critically low because of a climate-change driven megadrought and overuse of the Colorado River's water. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption
Arizona farmer Craig Alameda stands next to a tractor on his farm near Yuma. Craig Alameda hide caption