Indonesian police and Indonesian military troops try to extinguish a fire at a vast burning peat land forest in the Rimbo Panjang village, Kampar district of Riau Province, Indonesia on 28 Aug. 28, 2016. (Photo by Afrianto Silalahi/NurPhoto/Sipa via AP Images) At a Glance Several forest fires are burning out of control in Indonesia.Singapore's poor air quality indices spiked Friday because of the smoke from the fires.Six provinces in Indonesia have declared a state of emergency. A spate of forest...

A slew of breathtaking blue lakes are cropping up in East Antarctica, but scientists are warning that as dazzling as they may be, they are not such a good thing. “Supraglacial lakes" are lakes formed from the meltwater of ice sheets — a natural result of warm summer air. Lakes like these have been sprouting up , according to theCryosphere. While beautiful, the concern is that as meltwater drains from the lakes into the underlying ice, it can . What...

With a population of more than 5.5 million living at an elevation of just 6 feet above sea level, Miami will be one of the nation's first major metropolitan areas to feel the impacts of climate change. If the climate scientists and researchers that writer Jeff Goodell spoke with for are correct, those impacts could leave the city we know today as an urban playground completely unrecognizable. That's because Miami, he says, won't be there anymore. A social vulnerability index...