In 2020, destruction of the world’s largest rainforest rose 9.5 percent from a year earlier to about 4,280 square miles. That’s a little smaller than Connecticut.
In statehouse races, suburban voters’ disgust with President Trump failed to translate into a rebuke of other Republicans, ensuring the party’s grip on partisan mapmaking.
As President Trump's Environmental Protection Agency rushes to complete its regulatory rollbacks, agency staff, emboldened by the Biden victory, moves to stand in the way.
Fires are making the state’s air more dangerous. How much that hurts depends largely on where you live and how much money your family has.
An E.P.A. investigation has found that the owners of more than half a million diesel pickup trucks have installed devices to defeat emissions controls and boost pollution.
Also this week: Winter heating options, and the E.P.A. chief’s travel plans
The immense project would have been one of the world’s largest gold and copper mines, but regulators found it “contrary to the public interest” due to environmental risks in the pristine Alaskan tundra.
The Army Corps of Engineers denied a permit for the proposed mine project, saying it was “contrary to the public interest.”
Here are facts about heaters (for outside and inside) and climate change.
There is no middle path when it comes to the climate emergency.
General Motors said it would no longer back President Trump’s effort to strip California of the power to set fuel economy standards.
Mr. Biden said he would name Mr. Kerry to a cabinet-level climate post, a role laden with political and diplomatic challenges in the post-Trump era.
The 86-year-old primatologist says it takes more than having opposable thumbs to save our planet.
World leaders committed to some efforts to fight the coronavirus pandemic, but the meeting illustrated the difficulty of carrying out an agenda when the United States is indifferent or hostile to many goals.
An expanding coalition of Native Americans, liberal activists and Democrats in Congress are demanding an American Indian Interior secretary, and they want Deb Haaland.
House investigators are seeking records from the developers of the Pebble Mine project and the Army Corps of Engineers, to determine whether the company misrepresented its plans.
A new study has found that cold-weather drownings are increasing sharply in warmer parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
A new study found that winter drownings are increasing sharply in warmer parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
The prime minister wants to show that Britain remains a vital ally. On climate change and military spending, he is promising major steps that will be welcomed by the president-elect.
The prime minister wants to show that Britain remains a vital ally. On climate change and military spending, he is promising major steps that will be welcomed by the president-elect.
Andrew Wheeler, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, looks to squeeze in two overseas trips in the Trump administration's last days.
Andrew Wheeler, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, looks to squeeze in two overseas trips in the Trump administration's last days.
A long-awaited dredging of the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn, a Superfund site, has begun in earnest. It may not be finished for at least a decade.
A new report examines how plastic waste affects marine wildlife.
Goals include ending sales of gas and diesel cars by 2030, achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050 and, perhaps, pleasing a new sensibility in Washington.
Massive volcanic eruptions ignited oil and coal deposits in Siberia in the events that led to the Permian-Triassic “Great Dying” event.
Also this week: Solutions for cities, and a Times investigation
If lease sales happen in the final days of the Trump administration, they may face disputes in court or could be reversed by the Biden administration.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan said the state would shut down a line between her state and Ontario that has been operating since the 1950s.
President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. will embed climate policy throughout his government, not only in environmental agencies but in departments like justice, defense, the Treasury and transportation.
President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. will embed climate policy throughout his government, not only in environmental agencies but in departments like justice, defense, the Treasury and transportation.
If we can’t face up to a pandemic, how can we avoid apocalypse?
For environmental advocates, it includes small measures like reusing ingredients, and broader efforts like rethinking our relationship to the holiday.
The lease sales could occur just before Inauguration Day, leaving the administration of Joseph R. Biden Jr. to try to reverse them after the fact.
There have been 30 named storms this year, and 13 of them were hurricanes. It’s the most active Atlantic season on record.
The state may be phasing out gas-powered cars, but it’s still legal to put an oil well right next to an elementary school.
If this pandemic has taught us anything it’s that we cannot escape the world we have shaped.
Readers share experiences and a historical perspective. Also: Environmental justice.
Tropical Storm Iota is expected to strengthen into a major hurricane this weekend as it approaches the coast of Central America, according to the National Hurricane Center.
A Category One storm, Iota was expected to strengthen into a major hurricane by Monday as it approached the coast of Central America, according to the National Hurricane Center.
The U.S.-China relationship is at its lowest point in a half century, but there are also converging interests on global warming.
The president-elect is making the climate a top priority.
The challenges of rolling out a vaccine.
Here’s what you need to know.
Some scientists say that the predators are essential to curbing the spread of Chronic Wasting Disease because they pick off weak deer.
Nathan Grossman alternates truth-to-power moments with quiet ones in his documentary about the young Greta Thunberg.
Wind and solar are better bets for investors and the planet.
FTI, a global consulting firm, helped design, staff and run organizations and websites funded by energy companies that can appear to represent grass-roots support for fossil-fuel initiatives.
Amid growing alarm about methane’s role in driving global warming, a Canadian firm has begun selling a service to detect even relatively small leaks. At least two rivals are on the way.
Also this week, how global warming is changing hurricanes
New research suggests that climate change may be causing storms to retain destructive power for longer after moving inland.
Scientists can’t say for sure whether global warming is causing more hurricanes, but they are confident that it’s changing the way storms behave. Here’s how.
The arrival of Theta broke the annual record for the number of storms strong enough to be given names. That benchmark was set in 2005, the year Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast.
Michael Kuperberg was told he would no longer oversee the National Climate Assessment. The job is expected to go to a climate-change skeptic, according to people familiar with the changes.
President-elect Biden can restore many of the 100-plus environmental regulations that President Trump rolled back, but much of the damage to the climate cannot be reversed.
Moderates and progressives were mostly united during the campaign. Their deep differences will now present a significant challenge for the president-elect.
Moderates and progressives were mostly united during the campaign. Their deep differences will now present a significant challenge for the president-elect.
The first 100 days of the Biden administration are likely to see a flurry of executive actions on climate change.
Here’s an overview on President-elect Biden’s positions on coronavirus, health care, the economy, taxes and climate change.
The iceberg, known as A68a, broke apart from the Antarctic Peninsula in 2017 and has been drifting ever since.
A look at green waterfront homes in five destinations around the world.
The new one-year freeze is a sign of the growing financial burden caused by climate change.
Efforts to limit global warming often focus on emissions from fossil fuels, but food is crucial, too, according to new research.
So why is Jeff VanderMeer so hopeful? The author of “Annihilation” on seeing our world as strange, wonderful—and worth saving.
Environmental groups argue that exploratory drilling licenses violate a constitutional right to a healthy environment. It’s a test case taking on an industry that is key to the country’s economy.
The American exit officially took effect Wednesday. If Joseph R. Biden Jr. wins the election and rejoins the pact, the United States will have a lot of catching up to do.
A reader says that by withdrawing from the agreement, the president “added one more reckless decision to his extensive record.”
Also this week, the United States exits the Paris climate agreement
President Trump’s withdrawal formally came into force the day after Election Day in the United States. Here’s what it means.
Everyone was pretty much freaking out.
Living and working along the U.S.-Mexico border has meant watching the surreal, slow-motion leveling of the fragile ecosystems I’ve spent my career fighting to protect.
With climate change heightening the Philippines’ risk of natural disaster, the country is braced for the next catastrophe.
Readers suggest concrete ways we can act now. Also: The nonvoter also makes a decision.
In key swing states, the majority of voters are worried that rising temperatures or sea levels will affect their lives. For some, it has become a voting issue.
America isn’t making electricity the way it did two decades ago. Now the future of the nation’s energy mix has become a major election issue.
In the West, wildfires caused by lightning have been growing bigger and occurring more frequently. With climate change, other parts of the country may feel the effects, too.
The presidential candidates sharply oppose each other on a number of environmental issues. Let’s take a closer look.
The White House has dismantled major climate and environmental policies focused on clean air, water, wildlife and toxic chemicals. Here’s how it adds up.
The climate crisis has risen as a major concern among voters. The two candidates have profoundly different approaches on energy, public lands and environmental priorities.
Este año, alrededor de una cuarta parte del vasto humedal el Pantanal en Brasil, uno de los lugares más biodiversos del planeta, ha sucumbido bajo las llamas de los incendios forestales que el cambio climático ha empeorado.
This year, roughly a quarter of the vast Pantanal wetland in Brazil, one of the most biodiverse places on Earth, has burned in wildfires worsened by climate change.
An unusual confluence of weather conditions sent nearly 14,000 bolts of lightning into the dry, hot forests of Northern California in August. But that was only the beginning.
In the Amazon, today's environmental problems become tomorrow's catastrophe.
It sounds positive, but there are a few ways the label ‘biodegradable’ may cause more problems than it solves.
Millions will be displaced in the coming decades by fires, hurricanes, extreme heat and rising seas. Where will they go?
Redlining helped reshape the urban landscape of U.S. cities. It also left communities of color far more vulnerable to rising heat.
Earth is overheating. This year is poised to be one of the hottest ever. Millions are already feeling the pain, but the agony of extreme heat is profoundly unequal across the globe.
Los científicos estudian el clima extremo en una provincia de Argentina para comprender su funcionamiento y aprender algo sobre los monstruosos fenómenos climáticos del futuro.
New research suggests climate change will cause humans to move in unprecedented numbers. The Times Magazine partnered with ProPublica and data scientists to understand how.
Scientists are studying the extreme weather in northern Argentina to see how it works — and what it can tell us about the monster storms in our future.
Climate change and neglect have brought the mammoth structure at the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe to the brink of calamity — a crisis prefigured in the dam’s troubling colonial history.
Young climate activists like Jamie Margolin are building a movement while growing up — planning mass protests from childhood bedrooms and during school.
Nearly twice as many properties may be susceptible to flood damage than previously thought, according to a new effort to map the danger.
As the pandemic rages, the world is still far from getting global warming under control.
Our global climate reporter suggests some smart reads on how they're related.
A keen ear could hear the theme of global warming starting to swell in popular music all across the dial in the last two decades as global temperatures started to rise.
NASA's new ICESat-2 satellite provides the most detailed look yet of where the continent is losing and gaining ice.
Here are 10 big environmental victories — and 10 big failures.
If the 50th anniversary of Earth Day has inspired you to finally read a book about climate change, we’re here to help you find just the right one.