The cold water upswell, which is vital to marine life, did not materialize for the first time on record. Researchers are trying to figure out why.
Pacific island nations have seen American pledges and attention come and go with geopolitical winds. Recent U.S. pullbacks are met with disappointment but not surprise.
Pakistan, among the countries most vulnerable to climate change, has been battered by floods and extreme heat as critics say its government needs to do more.
Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled big infrastructure plans. But they are likely to meet resistance from Indigenous and environmental groups.
Here are some of the right-wing activist’s stances on gun control, climate change and other issues.
The health secretary has begun a full-on assault against vaccines but has taken a more restrained approach to pesticides and unhealthy foods, also MAHA priorities.
This year’s U.N. climate conference, on the edge of the rainforest, is fueling criticism of the host nation and the entire process of global diplomacy on climate change.
Chris Wright, the energy secretary, said he would push Europe to loosen environmental rules and buy more gas. Doug Burgum, the interior secretary, tied fossil fuels to a need to win the A.I. race.
The proposal from the Bureau of Land Management would prioritize the use of public lands for oil and gas drilling, coal mining and other industrial activities.
Clouds are changing, and we need to find out if it’s just temporary or from global warming.
They watched climate change ravage their home countries as rich, polluting nations did nothing. Then they had an idea.
Gov. Glenn Youngkin, Republican of Virginia, has championed a wind farm under construction off the coast of his state. He’s trying to persuade President Trump to leave it alone.
Its vast investment in solar, wind and batteries is on track to end an era of global growth in the use of coal, oil and gas, the researchers said.
The outdoor apparel maker from California wants to fix farming. The first challenge is convincing consumers to think of it for sardines and beer.
Chris Wright, who travels to Europe next week to promote American gas, called climate change “not incredibly important.”
The Trump administration wants to switch off and possibly destroy the climate-monitoring technology.
Activists are hoping to recreate the magic of 1970’s Earth Day — at a moment when the movement’s future is cloudier than ever.
An appeals panel paused a federal judge’s ruling that no additional detainees could be sent to the center, and that much of it had to be dismantled within 60 days.
On Sept. 24, the Times will host leaders, policymakers and executives in frank discussions about a consequential year in the fight against climate change.
Some marine ecosystems could soon be unrecognizable, according to new research. We mapped the possibilities.
The Danish company behind Revolution Wind, a $6 billion project off Rhode Island, said the federal government had unlawfully halted work on the wind farm.
The administration is cranking up efforts to kill state laws and legal cases that would force fossil-fuel companies to pay for climate damage.
The proposed 211-mile industrial road over pristine land would allow a mining company to reach a copper deposit. Critics say it would destroy a fragile environment.
The country lacks the ability to address multiple disasters happening at once, the Government Accountability Office said.
The effort involves several agencies that typically have little to do with wind power, including the Health and Human Services Department.
A recent study hints at the potential benefits of restoring bison to an ecosystem.
Since taking office, President Trump has targeted the wind power industry, putting billions of dollars of investment and thousands of jobs at risk.
The nonprofit organizations are fighting a Trump administration effort to claw back climate and clean energy grants.
La región es conocida como los pulmones de la Tierra porque sus árboles ayudan a regular el clima global, pero décadas de talas y quemas a gran escala han cambiado esta situación.
Deforestation is playing a greater role than researchers expected, according to a new study.
Scores of researchers reviewed the Energy Department’s argument about greenhouse gases and found serious deficiencies.
Our reporter hits the treadmill to understand how scientists study extreme heat.
The impact of climate change on the geographic features that demarcate many frontiers is adding to longstanding beefs over borders.
The oil giant accused the state’s attorney general and four nonprofit groups of defamation after they sued over recycling claims.
A giant fire last year consumed much of Canada’s Jasper National Park. Canadian scientists leading research into wildfires are using the blaze to learn lessons for the future.
In “The Call of the Honeyguide,” Rob Dunn explores how the natural and human worlds have helped each other through history — and can again.
Mike Wirth, who has seen many booms and busts over the more than 40 years he has been with the energy giant, said that “when the world stops using oil and gas, we’ll stop looking for it.”
The award-winning science writer Peter Brannen makes the case for an often vilified compound in “The Story of CO2 Is the Story of Everything.”
The Trump administration’s campaign against wind power continued as it targeted funding for marine terminals and ports to support development of the industry.
The city has taken pride in its ability to endure. But many residents, fed up with dysfunction and soaring costs, want it to strive for more.
Urban wildfires are becoming public health emergencies.
The weekly column that focused on inequality in the city ran for 14 years, from Occupy Wall Street to Zohran Mamdani. Now it comes to a close.
A season of record wildfires and a wave of extreme heat is forcing Europe to confront difficult questions about how to adapt.
Esta especie de babosa marina no se ha visto antes en la zona sur del país. Los expertos y autoridades señalan que es un resultado más del calentamiento del Mediterráneo.
The blue dragons, which pack a ferocious sting, have led to several beach closures. Experts say it’s a worrying sign of the warming of the Mediterranean.
A Trump appointee has proposed rewriting a measure that requires companies to clean up “forever chemicals,” documents show. The new version would shift costs from polluters.
The design created such a feeling of freshness that the owners felt like they were back in Northern California.
Trump está aplicando aranceles, gravámenes y otros mecanismos de la mayor economía del mundo para inducir a otros países a quemar más combustibles fósiles.
The full weight of a 50 percent tariff on Indian goods took effect this week, undercutting one of the country’s most promising markets for solar exports.
The president has made no secret of his distaste for wind and solar in America. Now he’s taking his fossil fuel agenda overseas.
Scientists have found that a single tree can be home to a trillion microbial cells — an invisible ecosystem that is only beginning to be understood.
Built for a cooler climate, many homes need to be retrofitted for warming temperatures. It won’t be as simple as installing air-conditioning.
Six people in New York City have died this summer from Legionnaires’ disease, and more than 100 others have been sickened.
The letter, sent to Congress on Monday, said cuts made by the Trump administration had erased improvements made to disaster response since Hurricane Katrina.
Across the country, unmasked wildfire fighters are falling ill and dying. Hannah Dreier talks about her investigation into the risks these workers face.
Overproduction in China has led to slashed prices, and buyers on the continent are taking advantage to sharply increase investments in clean energy.
The Trump administration is halting wind projects that had been approved, financed and underway while providing little to no justification.
Many of Southern California’s plants and animals evolved with fire as part of their life cycles. Can they weather the worsening fires to come?
Hundreds of sensors placed throughout New York City measure water as it rises, then send the data to an interactive map available to the public.
La exposición a olas de calor durante solo dos años podría añadir hasta 12 días de daños para la salud relacionados con la edad.
Exposure to heat waves over just two years could add up to 12 extra days of age-related health damage.
After Hurricane Katrina, Congress passed a law to strengthen the nation’s disaster response. FEMA employees say the Trump administration has reversed that progress.
The firm, which represents opponents of offshore wind, said it would complain to Brown’s federal and private funding sources.
If you’re cooking with gas, it might help your health and the environment. Here’s why.
Test your knowledge of how to handle hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires and more.
Calabasas residents thought it would be easy to keep wildfire ash from being trucked to their local landfill. They were wrong.
Once rare, wildfire smoke is becoming more prevalent in Arctic communities as Canada faces harsh wildfire seasons.
More Americans are choosing burials in which everything is biodegradable.
The order to stop construction on Revolution Wind off the coast of Rhode Island is part of a campaign against renewable energy.
Una jueza dictaminó que los gobiernos estatal y federal actuaron ilegalmente al no realizar una revisión medioambiental antes de construir el centro en los Everglades de Florida.
The decommissioning would leave the United States with no icebreaker to study the southern seas and cede scientific leadership to rival countries like China.
Meteorologists piece together the aftereffects in a hurricane’s path, and look ahead to potential future storms.
Fewer than 100 dusky gopher frogs were known to remain. Thanks to some very dedicated humans, numbers are now on the rise.
Along with other East Coast states, Delaware is using natural materials to protect vulnerable coastal areas.
Global warming is changing the way storms behave.
See detailed maps of the latest temperature forecasts across Canada.
“You don’t need to make the giant, multimillion dollar thing to have an impact,” said Dan Daly, a co-creator of the climate-themed “Arborlogues.”
Heat waves are increasingly dangerous for those without water, shade and air-conditioning.
With villages swept away and Pakistan’s largest city assailed by monsoon floods, climate change has brought a catastrophic new normal to the country.
Chinese automakers have rolled out chargers that can mostly recharge a car’s battery in about five minutes. Yet U.S. technology lags far behind.
El virus, que puede incapacitar a las víctimas durante años, se extiende rápidamente, incluso en China y otros lugares que no la habían visto antes.
American demand for tropical wood that is used in motor homes, conservationists say, is accelerating the disappearance of some of the world’s largest forests.
Los urbanistas dicen que temperaturas de hasta 50 grados Celsius podrían paralizar la capital francesa tan pronto como en 2050. Ya están empezando a prepararse.
Chikungunya, which can disable victims for years, is spreading rapidly, including in China and other places that have not seen it before.
En toda la península ibérica, miles de personas intentan sofocar las mortíferas llamas en medio de un clima peligrosamente caluroso.
Across the Iberian Peninsula, thousands are trying to quell deadly flames amid dangerously hot weather.
It is lashing out at the world’s leading energy organization for saying oil and gas use could start declining as the world pivots to cleaner alternatives.
City planners say the day when temperatures as high as 122 degrees Fahrenheit, or 50 Celsius, could stall the French capital is not far off. They are already starting to prepare.
La tradición de la siesta no es casual. España lleva siglos conviviendo con el calor extremo, y sus habitantes tienen formas de sobrellevarlo.
As President Trump dismantles the country’s efforts to fight climate change, environmental groups are back on their heels.
El progreso medioambiental del país sudamericano está amenazado por una serie de reformas impulsadas por su joven presidente populista, Daniel Noboa.
The tradition of the siesta is no accident. Spain has been living with extreme heat for centuries, and its people have ways of coping.
The move comes as the Trump administration has issued a barrage of new restrictions on renewable energy across the country.
The lawsuit seeks to block the Trump administration from repealing the legal foundation for regulating climate pollution.
Countries failed to bridge wide gaps on whether the world should limit plastic manufacturing and restrict the use of harmful plastic chemicals.
The country has endured heavier rain during monsoon seasons, which scientists have attributed to climate change. The authorities said that at least 185 people died on Friday.
Ecuador’s ecological progress is threatened by a series of reforms steamrolled by its young populist president, Daniel Noboa.
After three years of talks, and despite growing warnings about the dangers of plastics pollution, nations are at an impasse again over what to do about it.
Unusually dry conditions are revealing the outlines of old walls at British historical sites. Climate change is making the lines, called “parchmarks,” more frequently visible.
A surge in high quality research and patent applications has cemented China’s dominance in the industry.
Readers respond to articles about the E.P.A.’s reversal on the dangers of climate change. Also: Hiding unfavorable jobs data.
As the summer heat becomes increasingly extreme in Phoenix, people who can’t escape the sun are suffering third-degree burns, heatstroke and dehydration.
The Mendenhall River in Alaska was at “major flood” stage as of Wednesday morning, with additional water expected from an overflowing glacial lake.
Progress cannot occur if scientists are barred from asking certain questions.
La gestión de Biden estará en los libros de historia como un interregno entre dos mandatos de Donald Trump, una pausa en medio de un periodo caótico de cambio, para bien o para mal.
Biden’s disastrous debate performance highlighted age concerns.
As leaders gather for a global climate summit, investors are rewarding oil giants like Exxon Mobil that did not embrace wind and solar.
Our nation needs an economic disaster preparedness tool kit to avoid the scourge of inflation.
A substantial number of Republican voters are losing faith in science.
Readers discuss election obstacles. Also: Donald Trump’s claim about Kamala Harris’s crowds; the Olympics; Covid vaccines; food and the climate.
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.
No single country can solve the problem of rising food and fuel costs.
Along with everything else, the pandemic was a huge missed opportunity.
The key Ukrainian city lost its last bridge as fighting intensifies.