Chinese pollution has reached its highest levels since record-keeping began, creating a dangerous, hazy scene in several towns. In Shenyang, in northeastern China, pollution levels , according to Xinhua News Agency. For comparison, China's government said pollution levels are unhealthy. This picture taken on Nov. 8, 2015 shows Chinese residents walking along a pedestrian bridge in Shenyang, China's Liaoning province. (STR/AFP/Getty Images) The highest pollution level ever recorded was inPalangkaraya, Indonesia, during illegal burning in September, according to CNN. CNN...

The price you pay for a cup off coffee may go up because of the damaging drought conditions caused by the El Niño weather system. Brazil and Indonesia, the second and third largest producers of robusta beans, are experiencing dryness that could endanger the production of the popular bean type. Overall, Brazil and Indonesia are . Colombia, the second-largest producer of arabica beans, is also feeling the heat from an El Niño-related dryness that threatens to worsen the ongoing drought,...

It’s about as sure a bet as you can make: 2015 is going to be the hottest year on record. Month after month this year, above-average — and sometimes record — global temperatures have piled up, raising the odds that this year will be the hottest one humanity has ever experienced. And now October has blown those records out of the water. According to , October was not only the warmest October on record, but had the biggest temperature difference...