A sugarcane crop withered by El Niño in India, the world’s second-largest producer, is hurting consumers and farmers — plus undermining the country’s energy security goals. Read More

A glacier monitoring system could give communities in Nepal not 13 minutes, but hours or days to evacuate. Read More

In “Bogland,” Merritt R. Turetsky argues for the importance of that least glamorous of terrains, the bog. Read More