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Together in this location this evening for a potential outbreak of severe weather. >> reporter: a tornado watch was just issued for parts of mississippi, tennessee, arkansas, and louisiana, and this area has seen its fair share of severe weather so far this year, and it is not even peak tornado season. norah? >> norah: omar villafranca, thank you so much for your reporting. form where the storms are headed tonight and through the weekend, lets bring in meteorologist mike bettes, from our partner...

CALAKMUL BIOSPHERE RESERVE, Mexico (AP) — Miguel Ángel Díaz walks slowly so his footfall on dry leaves doesn’t drive away what hes trying to find in this dense forest of

A major rail project in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula is intended to drive economic development to some of the country’s poorest areas, in part by bringing up to three million tourists each year

An independent investigation into logging in the Liberian rainforest found illegal operations “on a significant scale,” with multiple missteps or breaches of law by the government agency charged with protecting

Sustainable. >> translator: the development of the new capital has to become a move towards building cities that are healthy, efficient and productive, that are designed to be a place where the people are close from any destination, where they can walk and bike from everywhere because there are zero emotions. >> reporter: officials describe it as a garden of eden built along the contours of the natural landscape. it is expected to be completed in 2045 and the government says it will be more than...

Cold and disorientated, they search... it is easy to see why there is so much concern about what is happening to the natural world. the un calculates a million species are at risk of extinction in the coming decades, and just look how global wildlife populations have already declined. they are reckoned to have reduced by... look at that. 69% since 1970. heres another way to look at the challenge. a staggering 75%, and three quarters, of the surface a staggering 75%, three quarters, of the surfac...

Staggering 75%, and three quarters of the surface of the earth has already been significantly altered by humanity. draining wetlands, damming rivers or building towns and cities. this isn�*t just something happening in far off countries with exotic ecosystems, like rain forests or coral reefs. if anything, the natural world is under even more pressure here in the uk. according to the nature charity, the world wildlife fund, the uk is one of the most nature depleted countries in the world. in f...

Isntjust building towns and cities. this isnt just something building towns and cities. this isntjust something happening in far—off countries with exotic ecosystems like rain forests or coral reefs. ecosystems like rain forests or coral reefe— ecosystems like rain forests or coral reefs. , ., . , ., coral reefs. even in this once small enalish coral reefs. even in this once small english woodland, _ coral reefs. even in this once small english woodland, you _ coral reefs. even in this once ...

The un calculates a million species are at risk of extinction in the coming decades, and just look how global wildlife populations have already declined. they are reckoned to have reduced by... look at that. 69% since 1970. heres another way to look at the challenge. a staggering 75%, and three quarters, of the surface of the earth has already been significantly altered by humanity. what does "significantly altered" mean? we are talking cutting down forests, clearing land for farming, draining w...