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Future storms will put parts of NYC underwater, endangering hundreds of thousands

National Hurricane Center data show that areas in New York City where public housing exists are at risk as climate change brings more frequent and intense storms.

Pink Card tells the story of Iranian women's fight for freedom, rooted in soccer

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Shima Oliaee about her new podcast, Pink Card, which chronicles Iranian women's fight against a ban on their attendance at soccer games.

Sailors recover a high-altitude surveillance balloon in the waters off the coast of Myrtle Beach, S.C., on Feb. 5, after a fighter jet shot the balloon out of the sky.

UFOs? Airborne objects? What we know about 4 recent shootdowns

The shootdowns came in steady succession over the weekend, after alarms were raised in early February over an object spotted over Montana.

Encore: Sylvan Esso ditches its guiding principles of pop for album 'No Rules Sandy'

Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn, the duo of Sylvan Esso, talk about their latest album No Rules Sandy and how they came up with it.

An iceberg floats past Bylot Island in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Sea-iceless summers in the Arctic are projected to occur in a little over a decade, according to a study published by Nature Climate Change.

The melting Arctic gets a U.S. ambassador and an influx of military cash

As climate change warms the arctic, the Defense Department is expanding its mission to meet a new territorial conflict. It will be a top issue for the United States' first ambassador to the Arctic.

An aerial view of neighborhood in Rolling Fork, Miss., destroyed by Friday night's tornado.

The exact link between tornadoes and climate change is hard to draw. Here's why

Western Mississippi is turning to recovery after being hit by a long-track tornado on Friday. Here's what made it so destructive — and why the impact of climate change on tornadoes is still unclear.

Hop in the minivan: 'Summer Is for Cousins' invites you on a family vacation

Summer is for swimming, playing cards and talking all night. Summer is for ice cream and doing nothing. And, in this new picture book from Rajani LaRocca and Abhi Alwar, summer is also for cousins.

Mission Specialist Sultan Alneyadi of the United Arab Emirates, member of the SpaceX Dragon Crew-6 mission, gestures during the crew walkout from the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building for Launch Complex 39A ahead of their liftoff at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on March 1.

An Arab astronaut made history in space. Now his country has its sights on Mars

The United Arab Emirates celebrated after Emirati astronaut Sultan Alneyadi splashed down to Earth following six months in space, a milestone for its growing space program.

The giant white marble boulders that line the Agos River just north of the Philippine village of Daraitan are sacred to the Indigenous Dumagat people. They use the boulders to perform rituals to ward off sickness and keep their village safe. If the Kaliwa Dam is built upriver, the Dumagat say these rocks will be destroyed to make way for the increased water flow.

The Philippines' capital is running out of water. Is building a dam the solution?

Officials say the Kaliwa Dam will help alleviate an impending water shortage in the capital that's being exacerbated by climate change. But the project is plagued with controversies and questions.

Civilians Trapped By Sri Lanka's Civil War

Concern is growing over the fate of civilians trapped by war on the island of Sri Lanka. U.N. officials say there's evidence that nearly 3,000 of them have been killed in just two months. The civilians are confined to a strip of land where government forces are trying to inflict an all-out military defeat against the Tamil Tiger separatists.

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