Marin County leaders are challenging the assumptions used to shape a regional plan that aims to guide housing affordability, transportation and climate resilience over the next 25 years. Specifically, ...

For decades, China’s population story was one of rapid expansion. Even into the 2000s, the country was still adding millions of people a year—a demographic tail wind that helped power breakneck ...

The first climate migrants from Tuvalu have arrived in Australia, marking the start of a historic relocation effort from one of the world’s most climate-threatened nations.

Researchers deciphered genetic data to discover two distinct settler groups dispersed into what is now New Guinea and Australia. The data supports the “long chronology” view that modern humans arrived ...

Week 14 results shifted playoff seeds and major bowl projections, especially for SEC teams. Exactly 82 teams qualified for bowls; no ineligible or APR teams needed to fill slots. Alabama, Notre Dame, ...

Australia warned it’s in danger of missing its 2035 climate targets without deeper pollution cuts, which in turn threatens the nation’s ambitions to reach net zero by mid-century. Emissions are set to ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah remains on pace to add 2 million more people over the next 40 years, but the state's rate of growth may continue to slide over the next few decades, according to a new projection ...

Oil and gas demand could continue to grow until the middle of the century, according to a new International Energy Agency scenario that shifts away from previous expectations of so-called peak oil ...

SYDNEY, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Australia’s conservative Liberal Party on Thursday walked away from its policy to achieve net zero emissions by 2050 and pledged instead to prioritise bringing down energy ...

An upcoming UN report finds that the world is becoming increasingly urban, with cities now home to 45 per cent of the global population of 8.2 billion. This is more than double the share in 1950, when ...