-Forecast models give El Niño a 69% chance of becoming the strongest on record since 1950
-South Floridians continue to fend off the near-record heat wave enveloping the region
-Stifling heat in Europe in June was unusually deadly, producing a historic spike in deaths
-Seventy percent of the world’s major aquifers are in long-term decline
-A border wall appeared poised to be built through Big Bend National Park
-The administration advanced a plan to open nearly 45 million acres of wilderness in national forests to road construction and logging
-Wildlife officials and the Fish and Wildlife Foundation of Florida have launched a coastal corridor to connect and strengthen marine habitats