Blazes that generate such stormy conditions can be nearly impossible to put out and pose special dangers to firefighters.
The city’s expanded low-emissions zone, which was politically fraught, has cut emissions that contribute to health problems like asthma, new numbers show.
Recommended reading from the Book Review, including titles by Safiya Sinclair, Michael Cunningham, Tasha Sylva and more.
In the Senate, Kamala Harris backed an expansive climate plan. Young activists want her to embrace it again, but so do Republicans.
Organizers must reduce the event’s carbon footprint.
Wildfire smoke from the Western United States and Canada is blowing across the Northeast, lowering air quality and endangering vulnerable populations.
Twice this week, global temperatures broke records, but scientists are more concerned about a longer-term pattern of hotter weather.
Un estudio financiado por la NASA encontró que el dióxido de nitrógeno aumenta con el tráfico de los camiones de entrega. Se analizaron los alrededores de unas 150.000 bodegas en EE. UU.
Algunas zonas del sur de Italia y otros países de la región están sufriendo una de sus peores sequías en décadas. Las autoridades dicen estar trabajando para salvar, al menos, el turismo.
Possible contenders to join the Harris ticket include three governors who welcome clean energy and a senator concerned by extreme heat and drought.
Vinyl chloride, used to make things like PVC pipes and packaging, is also toxic and highly flammable, and was at the center of a major train disaster in Ohio last year.
Researchers with the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service said Sunday was Earth’s hottest day. Then it happened again on Monday.
Research showed truck-related releases of nitrogen dioxide, which can cause asthma, concentrated around some 150,000 warehouses nationwide.
If elected to the White House, Vice President Harris will face the challenge of implementing President Biden’s signature climate policies.
The former president’s comments on E.V.s have shifted since he has grown more friendly with Elon Musk, the billionaire head of Tesla.
A waterlogged hillside above a village gave way, burying several houses in mud. Neighbors and rescue workers who had rushed to help were hit by a second slide.
The ethical thing to do is to bring mining back and hold it to the highest sustainability standards.
Large blazes in the province have led to the evacuation of thousands of people.
She pursued polluters as attorney general in California and later staked out bold positions as a senator, including sponsorship of the Green New Deal.
After a blistering weekend, particularly in inland areas farther from the coast, cooler temperatures are expected beginning early this week.
Las películas de desastres son éxitos taquilleros emocionantes, pero la realidad de un clima cambiante es una tragedia en cámara lenta, de burocracia fallida y tedio constante.
She wants to protect the right to abortion nationally. Here’s what else to know about her positions.
Responses to a column by Bret Stephens. Also: Pharmacy benefit managers; the Supreme Court; a potential second Trump term and the environment.
The government said it would phase out its purchases of single-use plastics, a significant step because it is the biggest buyer of consumer goods in the world.
La inteligencia artificial está teniendo un profundo impacto en la demanda de energía en todo el mundo, está provocando aumentos frecuentes de las emisiones que calientan el planeta y no hay un final a la vista.
She played a crucial role in fixing the ozone hole, and has thoughts on climate change.
La mayor población de cocodrilos siameses nacida este siglo representa dos décadas de esfuerzos de conservación de comunidades locales, organizaciones no gubernamentales y gobierno por una especie al borde de la extinción.
Ford, General Motors and other automakers are slowing investments in electric vehicles and doubling down on more profitable gasoline cars and trucks.
Si Donald Trump vuelve a la Casa Blanca, probablemente enfrentaría menos obstáculos legales y burocráticos para rehacer drásticamente la Agencia de Protección Ambiental.
Analysts are seeing promising signs from the world’s biggest emitter of greenhouse gases.
Disaster movies make for thrilling blockbusters. But the reality of a changing climate is slow-motion tragedy, broken bureaucracy and lingering tedium.
A Westchester County suburb updated its law about tree removals from yards, upsetting tree advocates, who want stricter rules, and residents who don’t want to be told what to do.
A report by a government body that oversees efforts to reduce greenhouse gases will help underpin the Labour Party’s plans to accelerate renewable energy and other measures.
Air temperature is just one measure of how heat affects cities and people. See how high surface temperatures, which bring additional risks, can get.
The dated U.S. rail infrastructure is struggling to stay operational as climate change accelerates and intense heat waves, downpours and high winds become more frequent.
Landlords have to keep tenants warm in the winter, but can leave them sweating in the summer. A city councilman wants to change that.
La plataforma del partido no hace ninguna mención del cambio climático, en cambio, fomenta una mayor producción de petróleo, gas y carbón, que aumentan las temperaturas globales.
Several speakers focused on the sharp rise in gas and electricity prices under President Biden. We scrutinized their statements.
Here’s where the party stands on global warming, energy and the environment.
Devastating, back-to-back power outages have led some in Houston to consider whether they want to stay in the city they love.
If Donald Trump returns to the White House, he would likely face fewer legal and bureaucratic obstacles to dramatically remake the E.P.A.
High prices and growing demand have helped U.S. oil producers take in record profits despite global efforts to spur greater use of renewable energy and electric cars.
The hot spell will continue until Thursday, officials predict, and the city and surrounding areas were placed under a heat advisory.
He once said society had a climate problem but changed his position sharply while seeking Donald Trump’s endorsement in his Senate race.
As the event opens with a focus on energy, former President Trump and other leaders are calling for more oil, gas and coal development.
At a county fair near Fargo, many residents shrugged off the heat, at least for one day.
Replenishing sand is likely to become economically untenable and logistically impractical. But that doesn’t spell the end of beaches.
Property insurers are trying to force changes in construction standards that they say are necessary to protect against wildfires.
With Fortitude Ranch, the entrepreneur Drew Miller is betting on franchised timeshares for people who are worried about the end of the world.
Enormes llamaradas se extienden cientos de kilómetros por algunas de las zonas con mayor biodiversidad de Brasil, cuando aún faltan semanas para que llegue lo peor de la temporada anual de incendios.
Huge blazes are spreading hundreds of miles across some of the most biodiverse parts of Brazil, with the worst of the annual fire season still weeks away.
The company will spend $242 million to resolve allegations that it released methane, a greenhouse gas, and other pollutants in North Dakota.
The Sunrise Movement, expressing concern about the president’s ability to win re-election, said he should “pass the torch to a new nominee.”
Land restored by local residents in Borneo drew an array of wildlife after nonprofit groups first addressed the needs of nearby villagers.
The burning of fossil fuels has created more frequent and more intense heat waves. Experts warn these heat waves are “the new normal.”
The soaring electricity demands of data centers and A.I. are straining the grid in some areas, pushing up emissions and slowing the energy transition.
Amid soaring temperatures, hundreds of activists are staging boisterous blockades and solemn marches at banks and insurers that support fossil fuel projects.
A Jeep plant that closed last year will be among those that will benefit from federal grants meant to help automotive manufacturers and protect jobs.
The deposit, in Zambia, could make billions for Silicon Valley, provide minerals for the energy transition and help the United States in its rivalry with China.
Though operators are building ships, and towns are investing in landings and other infrastructure, fluctuations in the river’s flow, exacerbated by climate change, are hampering sailings.
The state has had more than 3,500 wildfires this year, and the peak of the annual fire season has yet to arrive.
El deshielo de los glaciares de la montaña más alta del país ayudó a descubrir el cuerpo de Bill Stampfl, quien desapareció mientras escalaba con dos amigos.
The heat has come for Americans — and everyone else, too.
Climate change is causing more fires to burn overnight, growing bigger, lasting longer and challenging the fire teams trying to control them.
Melting glaciers on Peru’s highest mountain helped uncover the body of Bill Stampfl, who disappeared while climbing the mountain with two friends.
The company said it effectively got all of the electricity it used last year from sources that did not produce greenhouse gas emissions. Some experts have faulted the company’s calculations.
La taxonomía, o la ciencia de poner nombre a las especies, ha sido víctima de un amplio cambio en nuestras prioridades científicas. Pero la necesitamos más que nunca.
Climate change and widely varied state regulations could mean you’re paying too much or far too little to insure your home.
An Oklahoma Republican who led the Environment Committee, he took hard-right stands on many issues but was especially vocal in challenging evidence of global warming.
An enormous overpass in Southern California is “more than just a bridge,” an official said.
In tiny Wymore, Neb., a sleek new battery-powered school bus became a Rorschach test for the future.
After thousands of sequoias were destroyed by extreme wildfires, tribes are conducting cultural burns.
Insurance premiums are surging unevenly across the country. Your rates might be out of step with risks.
Climate change is driving rates higher, but not always in areas with the greatest risk.
La expansión de SpaceX en el sur de Texas ha dañado el medio ambiente y violado acuerdos iniciales, afectando tierras protegidas y a la fauna local.
July has brought a record-breaking hurricane, early-season wildfires and triple-digit temperatures. Judson Jones, a meteorologist and reporter, cleared up the connections between the events.
Temperature records have been shattered from California and Nevada to North Carolina in the last few days, and relief is still days away, forecasters say.
More than 100 million years ago, scientists say, warming seas and reduced oxygen may have sent some sharks higher into the water column, where they evolved to be fierce and hungry.
Green energy is caught in red tape.
Climate change and contaminated water have combined to create an epidemic of kidney disease.
The development of Elon Musk’s facility in South Texas did not play out as local officials were originally told it would.
A New York Times investigation found that Elon Musk exploited federal agencies’ competing missions to achieve his goals for space travel.
In this monsoon season, so far there have been more than 60 weather-related fatalities. With roads cut off and more rain expected, the toll could rise.
Naming species has been a victim of a broad shift in our scientific priorities. But we need it more than ever.
Karachi, Pakistan’s largest city, endured days of temperatures above 100 Fahrenheit, made worse by power cuts and high humidity.
Both have gotten caught up in fights over plastic packaging. When Costco recently tried to trim its plastic use by selling rotisserie chickens in bags, some shoppers disapproved.
A new analysis shows increasing frequency and intensity of hurricanes could cause more devastating interruptions to the power grid.
The new government, to be led by Labour, has pledged to fast-track a green energy transition. It will face big challenges.
La velocidad del deshielo del campo de hielo de Juneau, una extensión de 1050 glaciares interconectados, se ha duplicado en las últimas décadas, según han descubierto los científicos.
Dependerá de tu presupuesto y de los motivos por los que elijas comprar este tipo de alimentos.
Residents moved to Mountain House, Calif., to escape soaring housing costs near the coast. Now, they just have to survive the searing summer heat.
The agency reached a settlement with the automaker over the sales of SUVs and pickups that emitted excess planet-warming carbon dioxide.
Global warming is hitting the entire Northeast particularly hard, according to figures provided by Climate Central, a nonprofit group.
Here’s how the end of the Chevron doctrine could affect climate regulation.
The speed of decline in the Juneau Ice Field, an expanse of 1,050 interconnected glaciers, has doubled in recent decades, scientists discovered.
The Tesla chief executive’s polarizing statements have alienated some potential customers and may be partly responsible for a recent slump in sales.
The proposed regulation comes as California and Oregon brace for a punishing heat wave.
President Biden had paused new natural gas export terminals to assess their effects on the climate, economy and national security. A federal judge disagreed.
Flooding in Ruidoso, N.M., over the weekend showed how wildfire damage, worsening under climate change, can put people at even greater risk than the fires themselves.
You need to weigh your budget, but it does have benefits. Including some that are not obvious.
Four cases backed by conservative activists in recent years have combined to diminish the power of the Environmental Protection Agency.
The Interior Department rejected a proposed industrial road through pristine land in Alaska that was needed to reach an estimated $7.5 billion copper deposit.
The calf, named Wakan Gli, is said to fulfill a Lakota prophecy that brings hope, but its birth is also a sign that more must be done to protect the Earth, a Lakota spiritual leader says.
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.
Gestures of good will and concern from developed countries can hide nationalism so pointed that it amounts to something like sadism.
Moscow wants victories before its Monday holiday.