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Frank James joined NPR News in April 2009 to launch the blog, "The Two-Way," with co-blogger Mark Memmott.

Tim Mak is NPR's Washington Investigative Correspondent, focused on political enterprise journalism.

President Biden has issued an executive order blocking drilling for oil in more than 625 million acres of U.S. ocean. It's the largest such move in history, but is almost guaranteed to be challenged under the incoming Trump administration.

A massive heat wave in the Pacific Ocean coupled with a strong El Nino could spell trouble for extreme weather in the U.S. and also elevate sea level rise.

Scientists think an asteroid killed the dinosaurs. In today's extinction, humans are the culprit.

NPR's Brenda Wilson reports from Durban, South Africa, where the 13th International AIDS Conference opened today. In his opening address South African President Thabo Mbeki defended his government's controversial AIDS policies and said that poverty in Africa calls for different solutions to the epidemic.

Mount Kilimanjaro is Africa's highest peak.

David Festa, the director of Oceans Programs at the nonprofit organization, Environmental Defense, talks with Robert Siegel about the conservation work of Peter Benchley, the author of Jaws. Benchley died Saturday at age 65.

Record-shattering ocean temperatures have helped Beryl gain strength as it moves through the Caribbean. It is the most powerful Atlantic hurricane ever recorded this early in the year.

On Sunday night in Cape Town, South Africa, President Obama gave the keystone speech of his trip across the continent. The event was held at the University of Cape Town. Almost half a century ago, Robert F. Kennedy spoke to the people of Africa from the exact location.