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
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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
Clifford Walters, a Hawaii man, pleaded guilty to disturbing wildlife after he tried to help a stranded bison calf reunite with its herd. Hellen Jack/National Park Service hide caption
Guarani Indigenous block Bandeirantes highway to protest proposed legislation that would change the policy that demarcates Indigenous lands on the outskirts of Sao Paulo. Ettore Chiereguini/AP hide caption
Hvaldimir pictured in Stad, Norway, earlier this year, shortly before he began his abrupt journey south. Rich German hide caption
A meme that cast Dave Brandt as a stereotypical farmer reached cultural ubiquity on social media sites like Reddit. Brandt's death last week sent ripples through both real and virtual spaces that looked to Brandt as a symbol of honest work in the modern age. Reddit 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
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
Paddling through the flooded forest in the Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge. Brian Mann/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
A photo shared by the National Park Service shows a park visitor attempting to help a stranded bison calf reunite with its herd. The plan ultimately ended the animal's chance of survival. Hellen Jack/National Park Service 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
The Colorado River at Yuma, Arizona Kirk Siegler/NPR hide caption
A lodgepole chipmunk (Tamias speciosus) on a rock. Ketki Samel hide caption
Climate change stresses out these chipmunks. Why are their cousins so chill?
A smoky haze shrouds the high-rise buildings in downtown Denver on Saturday, May 20. David Zalubowski/AP 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
The U.S. is expanding CO2 pipelines. One poisoned town wants you to know its story
Chonkasaurus the snapping turtle rests on a pile of rusty chains along the Chicago River. Joey Santore 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
The EU plans to tax certain imports based on the amount of carbon dioxide companies emit making them. Sameer Al-Doumy /AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A blue morpho butterfly sits on a leaf. A new study finds that butterflies likely originated somewhere in western North America or Central America around 100 million years ago. Kristen Grace/Florida Museum hide caption
Butterflies originated in North America after splitting from moths, new study suggests
President Biden at the United Nations' annual climate negotiations in Glasgow, Scotland, in 2021. The U.S. and other countries pledged that year to stop funding overseas fossil-fuel projects that freely emit greenhouse gas pollution. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The Jim Bridger coal plant in Point of Rocks, Wyo., powers more than a million homes across six Western states. Under proposed federal rules many coal plants would have to dramatically reduce carbon dioxide emissions in coming years. Julia Simon/NPR hide caption
Swastika Mountain, located in a remote part of the Umpqua National Forest outside Eugene, Ore., has officially been renamed Mount Halo after a local indigenous leader. U.S. Geological Survey hide caption