An enormous amount of work is underway to remove carbon from the atmosphere, but who will pay for it?
Tech giants are building power-hungry data centers to run their artificial intelligence tools. The costs of that demand surge are becoming clearer.
Our medical systems are not adequately equipped to diagnose tropical diseases, and in a warming climate, that’s a problem.
A lot of them don’t work and some might even be harmful. But there are things you can do if you really have to fly.
Varias empresas quieren crear una nueva industria que pueda hacer que los árboles, que almacenan el carbono que calienta al planeta, sean más lucrativos que la mayor causa de deforestación mundial: la ganadería.
Other states have also considered restrictions, citing concerns about farmers’ livelihoods and food safety, though the product isn’t expected to be widely available for years.
Gas-burning ranges, a significant contributor to indoor pollution, can produce and spread particularly high levels of some pollutants in smaller spaces.
Readers discuss an Opinion guest essay calling that a fantasy. Also: Quality at Boeing; a toilet sign; running, fast and slow.
Three long-running satellites will soon be switched off, forcing scientists to figure out how to adjust their views of our changing planet.
Shell and others say they plan to drill for oil and gas in the Gulf of Mexico in part because doing so releases fewer greenhouse gases than drilling on land.
Mayor Eric Adams is resurrecting a budget gimmick and charging rent to the city’s Water Board, which will pass on the costs to ratepayers.
New guidelines attempt to make the aviation cleaner by relying on corn-based ethanol, but experts divided on the fuel’s environmental benefits.
As part of his plan to conserve the nation’s land and waters, Mr. Biden is enlarging the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument and the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument.
Tactics to convince people to buy less aren’t working. A quirky new documentary by Patagonia takes a different approach.
These spaces have historically been tied to exclusion and injustice, but we can cultivate them to be ethical and environmentally beneficial.
Cattle ranches have ruled the Amazon for decades. Now, new companies are selling something else: the ability of trees to lock away planet-warming carbon.
Un equipo de científicos ha concluido que el bajo nivel del agua que bloqueó el tráfico de mercancías está más relacionado con el ciclo climático natural que con el calentamiento provocado por la humanidad.
The heavy rains that pounded East Africa for weeks, killing hundreds, have spilled into the Masai Mara, one of Africa’s greatest wildlife national reserves.
Comparing 30,000 years of human history, researchers found that surviving famine, war or climate change helps groups recover more quickly from future shocks.
Durante una década, un empresario adinerado y un grupo de activistas sostuvieron un enfrentamiento que terminó con el intercambio de 63 millones de dólares.
The low water levels that choked cargo traffic were more closely tied to the natural climate cycle than to human-caused warming, a team of scientists has concluded.
Producers of biofuels like ethanol, which could help create a new generation of jet fuel, would have to overhaul their practices to receive tax credits.
The Biden administration is tightening efficiency rules for water heaters, stoves and other appliances, and conservative politicians are dialing up their criticisms.
A decade-long battle between a wealthy industrialist and a band of activists led to a surprising $63 million transaction.
An environmental movement is growing in the world’s most populous Muslim nation.
Responses to John McWhorter’s lament that their ubiquity has rendered them meaningless. Also: China and climate; kids’ reactions to news; debate conditions.
An effort to protect 30 percent of land and waters would count some commercial fishing zones as conserved areas.
The environmental data scientist Hannah Ritchie argues that climate technology is increasingly catching up to the world’s enormous need for clean energy.
The White House wants federal agencies to keep climate change in mind as they decide whether to approve major projects.
A subsidiary of ThyssenKrupp, Germany’s venerable steel producer, is landing major deals for a device that makes the clean-burning gas from water.
Around the world, grass-roots organizers and Indigenous communities are taking proposed coal, oil and gas projects to court — and winning.
Instead of continuing the environmental legacy they were once known for, Republicans have ceded the fight against climate change to Democrats.
College students started a venture that has diverted glass bottles from landfills and crushed them into sand for coastal restoration efforts.
The Cleveland Museum of Natural History is rolling out two new exhibition halls and making its scientists more accessible. And don’t forget the dinosaurs.
Readers express concern about how the justices will rule on Donald Trump’s immunity claim. Also: An environmental decision for Alaska; Ralph Nader, on third parties.
Recommended reading from the Book Review, including titles by Dennis Lehane, Claire Dederer, Chad L. Williams and more.
The polarization of politics means that rules are imposed, gutted and restored with each election. Experts say that’s bad for the economy.
He has called for increased oil production and said that electric vehicles will result in an ‘assassination’ of jobs.
As countries negotiate a landmark agreement to reduce plastic pollution, the industry is fighting a battle over regulations and over its image.
The power-sharing agreement between the Scottish National Party and the Scottish Green Party ended abruptly on Thursday, marking a fresh period of turmoil for the S.N.P.
The Japanese automaker, which has been slow to sell electric vehicles, said it would invest $11 billion to make batteries and cars in Ontario.
The administration issued a major climate regulation aimed at virtually eliminating carbon emissions from coal, the dirtiest of the fossil fuels and a driver of global warming.
Ada Limón, the U.S. poet laureate, has a balm for your solastalgia.
The Biden administration has expressed growing alarm that efforts to fight climate change could falter unless the electric grids are quickly expanded.
The rapper, producer, actor and vegan talks about the connections between meat and masculinity, animal welfare and the environment.
Coge un puñado de tierra o haz senderismo en un camino enlodado: puede beneficiarte en mucho, desde tu ánimo hasta tu microbioma.
New research questions the long-held theory that reintroduction of such a predator caused a trophic cascade, spawning renewal of vegetation and spurring biodiversity.
París se está convirtiendo en una ciudad de bicicletas. En China, la gente compra coches eléctricos de 5000 dólares. Echamos un vistazo a algunos puntos positivos en la reducción de emisiones.
En teoría, recibir pedidos a domicilio puede ser más eficiente que ir en auto hasta la tienda. Pero aun así, conviene pensar bien antes de añadir algo al carrito de compras.
April is typically hot in South and Southeast Asia, but temperatures this month have been unusually high.
In theory, getting deliveries can be more efficient than driving to the store. But you may still want to think before you add to cart.
President Biden announced $7 billion more for solar power projects and pointed to a new a climate work force as he tries to galvanize young voters.
“Saving the planet” is the wrong goal.
Focusing on disaster hasn’t changed the planet’s trajectory. Will a more upbeat approach show a way forward?
The return of Trump to the White House would be disastrous for the planet.
There’s 50 percent more carbon dioxide in the air than before the Industrial Revolution.
The government has pledged to crack down on rapid development, and on seaside businesses seeking to take advantage of a tourist boom. But some residents and conservationists are unimpressed.
Despite significant progress, Scotland was falling short on cutting vehicle emissions, switching to heat pumps and even restoring peatland, the government said.
The step follows an extraordinary move that requires utilities to reduce the levels of carcinogenic PFAS compounds in drinking water to near-zero.
Nearly 50 leaders and activists who worked with Mr. Kennedy at an environmental nonprofit group will run ads calling on him to “Honor our planet, drop out.”
Las imágenes de una ciudad desértica con tormentas y calles inundadas han conmocionado al mundo y abren un debate sobre la siembra de nubes y el cambio climático.
He wants China to win the race to provide climate solutions and assume the global leadership that would come with it.
As record heat enveloped the nation, the rate of emergency room visits increased compared with the previous five years, a sign of the major health risks of high temperatures.
It’s still unclear how the world will pay for developing nations to fight climate change.
The president’s campaign has featured initiatives aimed at young people, union workers and environmentalists, but it is not clear that they will be sufficient to rekindle support in those groups.
An international team of researchers found that heavy rains had intensified in the region, though they couldn’t say for sure how much climate change was responsible.
Development and groundwater pumping are causing land subsidence and heightening the risks of sea level rise.
The measure elevates conservation in a number of ways, including by creating new leases for the restoration of degraded areas.
Pakistani officials warned of more flooding and heavy rainfall next week, stoking fears of a particularly brutal monsoon season to come.
The disaster, intensified by El Niño, is devastating communities across several countries, killing crops and livestock and sending food prices soaring.
Tunde Onakoya is trying to break a record for the longest chess marathon. And he’s playing his games in the open air in Manhattan.
The nuclear industry has a long history of failing to deliver on its promises.
Un grupo de científicos en Australia prueba distintas estrategias para proteger a uno de los animales más entrañables de su país.
Go on, grab a handful of soil or hike a muddy trail: It can benefit everything from your mood to your microbiome.
The Environmental Protection Agency says “forever chemicals” must be removed from tap water. But they lurk in much more of what we eat, drink and use.
Clerics in Indonesia are issuing fatwas, retrofitting mosques and imploring congregants to help turn the tide against climate change.
A mining company wants to build a 211-mile industrial road through Alaskan wilderness to reach a large copper deposit. The Interior Department says it would harm wildlife and communities.
A series of workshops hosted by the artist collective Field Meridians will try to get New Yorkers to open their eyes to the nature all around them.
We need to grapple with the many hidden and little-understood but highly damaging effects of climate change.
El aumento de la temperatura del mar en todo el mundo ha provocado un fenómeno de blanqueamiento que se prevé será el más grande jamás registrado.
Our institutions are bad at solving “long problems,” but they don’t need to be.
Estos aparatos de alta eficiencia son los preferidos del movimiento ecologista en Nueva York. Te explicamos por qué.
Mr. Gore spoke at a climate leadership conference hosted by his nonprofit organization.
Rising sea temperatures around the planet have caused a bleaching event that is expected to be the most extensive on record.
To protect Australia’s iconic animals, scientists are experimenting with vaccine implants, probiotics, tree-planting drones and solar-powered tracking tags.
The highly efficient devices are the darlings of the environmental movement. Here’s why.
Los gobiernos de América Latina han confirmado más de 3,5 millones de casos de dengue en los tres primeros meses de 2024, frente a los 4,5 millones de todo 2023. Es una advertencia de un panorama cambiante para la enfermedad.
From airlines to pork sellers, corporate brands face legal and regulatory challenges for misleading the public with lofty climate claims.
The fossil fuel industry says higher rates will harm the economy. The administration says they will pay for the environmental costs of drilling and mining.
For the first time since 1920, the government has raised the rates that companies pay. The fossil fuel industry says it will hurt the economy.
The San Gabriel Mountains National Monument and the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument are expected to grow by a combined total of about 130,000 acres.
A public research institute in Brazil has proved a new shot protects against the disease, but can’t make it fast enough to stop the huge outbreak sweeping Latin America.
Readers critique and suggest ways to capture, store and recycle carbon. Also: Donald Trump’s jury; food aid; cruelty to chickens; creative disagreement.
What can fiction tell us about the apocalypse? Ayana Mathis finds unexpected hope in novels of crisis by Ling Ma, Jenny Offill and Jesmyn Ward.
The country, along with India, is still building power stations that run on coal. Elsewhere, retirements of older plants have slowed.
As they look to contain an increasingly aggressive China, the United States and Japan announced dozens of new agreements, including on military, economic, climate and space matters.
There have been record temperatures every day for more than a year. Scientists are investigating what’s behind the extraordinary measurements.
The federal government is ordering the removal of PFAS, a class of chemicals that poses serious health risks, from drinking water systems across the country.
Los expertos afirmaron que era la primera vez que una corte internacional determina que los gobiernos están obligados a cumplir sus objetivos climáticos en virtud de la legislación sobre derechos humanos.
Procter & Gamble, Nestlé y otras marcas confían en una nueva generación de plantas de reciclaje para cumplir sus objetivos medioambientales, pero la tecnología aún no funciona a plenitud.
Why atmospheric concentrations hit record levels last year.
The new regulation is aimed at reducing the risk of cancer for people who live close to plants emitting toxic chemicals.
Experts said it was the first time an international court determined that governments were legally obligated to meet their climate targets under human rights law.
From dolphins with Alzheimer’s to cranky traffic judges, writes Clayton Page Aldern, the whole planet is going berserk.
In the midst of a political and environmental dispute between the Czech Republic and Poland over a coal mine, a potato salad contest is held in a small border town.
Para averiguar cómo desperdiciar menos comida, la IA se asoma a los cubos de basura de los restaurantes y analiza los datos de las tiendas de comestibles.
Using European Central Bank lending data, researchers said there was not evidence that voluntary commitments were effective in reducing emissions.
Two have been freed so far, state media said. They were among eight arrested in 2018 on charges of spying, which they have denied.
Rising temperatures in Antarctica are making meteorites sink out of view before researchers can collect them.
Where they are welcomed, wild creatures can find a way to make use of nearly everything.
Must grief for the climate diminish you, or can it do the opposite?
Más que ningún otro país, Guyana encarna la paradoja entre las secuelas del cambio climático y el atractivo económico de la industria petrolera.
A new study of camera-trap images complicates the idea that all wildlife thrived during the Covid lockdowns.
In her elegant essay collection, “Lessons for Survival,” Emily Raboteau confronts climate collapse, societal breakdown and the Covid pandemic while trying to raise children in a responsible way.
An increasing number of migrants are trying to pass through the dangerous terrain connecting South and Central America. What forces them to take that route?
The decision could rip a hole in Berlin’s budget and complicate the transition to a greener economy.
Readers disagree with an essay expressing concern about a decline after a peak. Also: Rudy Giuliani’s drinking; book bans; masks in hospitals; wedding magic.
With residents unprepared for New York City’s recent flooding, it was a day of unnecessary chaos and frustration.
Of climate denial, Covid denial and cryptocurrency.
Mientras prestábamos atención a la pandemia, China y Ucrania, los caminos hacia la prosperidad y los intereses comunes se han oscurecido.
While the world’s eyes were on the pandemic, China and the war in Ukraine, the paths to prosperity and shared interests have grown murkier.
Don’t be fooled by its generic title. Lesley Lokko’s “Laboratory of the Future” is the most ambitious and pointedly political Venice Architecture Biennale in years.
Fungi are a public health blind spot.
Solar, wind, geothermal, battery and other alternative-energy businesses are adding workers from fossil fuel companies, where employment has fallen.
Also, the eight warmest years on record and a fragile political alliance in the Philippines.
The year 2022 was not great. But even in the midst of overlapping calamities, progress is being made.
As long as we do the best we can, and appreciate life’s fullness, we will leave the world a better place for our children.
Debate intensified over a contentious issue: the creation of a fund to help poor and vulnerable countries pay for loss and damage caused by climate change.
Humanity faces a complex knot of seemingly distinct but entangled crises that are causing damage greater than the sum of their individual harms.
Algunos países en desarrollo están haciendo acuerdos financieros que podrían darles un mayor papel en la lucha contra el cambio climático.
Developing nations are reducing their debt by pledging to protect their resources in financial deals that could give them a bigger role in the fight against climate change.
Plus Myanmar gets closer to Russia and a dire climate report.
How much should candidates disclose about their health? Also: Drone rules; political fears; future pandemics; donations and climate policy.
El filántropo habló sobre cómo la pandemia y los efectos de la guerra en Ucrania están retrasando el progreso.
The philanthropist on how the pandemic and the effects of the war in Ukraine are setting back progress.
Readers discuss an investigation into the lack of secular education at New York’s yeshivas. Also: Outdoor dining; climate-crisis deniers.
Soaring needs and wealthy countries’ focus on Ukraine have left aid agencies with too little money to address the world’s other crises, forcing them to cut programs.
The departure of a grain-filled vessel from Odesa was hailed as a victory against global hunger. But experts say the crisis is so big that no single advance can reverse it.
President Biden is under pressure — often from his own allies — to declare national emergencies on issues like climate and abortion that are roiling American culture.
Monsoon rains have devastated Pakistan’s economic hub, Karachi, adding urgency to pleas to better equip cities to handle more frequent extreme weather.
La suspensión de actividades humanas por la covid ha sido una oportunidad para entender mejor cómo afectamos a otras especies del planeta.
If only it were just about money.
Covid precautions created a global slowdown in human activity — and an opportunity to learn more about the complex ways we affect other species.
A perfect storm of climate change, a European war and Covid have left the French scrambling for alternatives.
Plus the conviction of an ailing Hong Kong activist and President Vladimir Putin’s upcoming trip to Iran.
Parts of the east and south withered under extreme temperatures, even as health workers in hazmat suits persisted in a round of mandatory coronavirus tests.
The Legislature passed some bills that are obscure but significant, in the view of climate activists.
Plus Xi Jinping visits Hong Kong and Ukraine takes back Snake Island.
La COVID-19, el cambio climático y la posibilidad de una crisis alimentaria global demuestran que los problemas del mundo están muy ligados entre sí. Y también las soluciones.