Este proyecto de prueba se diseñó para combinar granjas de alimentos y solares, una práctica denominada “agrivoltaica”, como modelo para otras comunidades que buscan seguridad energética y alimentaria.
The United States was once the undisputed leader in atomic energy. Now it is trying to catch up.
Iceland was one of the only mosquito-free places in the world, at least according to its records. Not anymore.
A social media outcry arose after she was given a fine of 150 pounds for pouring out “a tiny little bit” of coffee before boarding a bus.
The Trump administration stopped updating a database tracking the costs of the country’s worst disasters. A group of scientists has revived it.
A revived version of a database tracking the costs of the country’s worst disasters shows a record-setting toll in the first half of 2025.
Several agency programs are trying to track and reduce methane emissions around the world. They aren’t meeting the targets fast enough.
Cove by cove, scientists, divers and volunteers are hauling up urchins to protect kelp.
About 97 percent of the land in the state is privately owned. Meet the people helping to make it friendlier for native bugs.
Produce and power are both costly in the state. So researchers are testing ways to address both issues using the same land.
Despite its small stature, the city of Keene, has become an example of the safety and climate benefits of swapping traffic lights for roundabouts.
The Environmental Protection Agency has hired numerous former lobbyists and industry insiders who now work on chemical regulation, emission limits and other rules.
Kyle Kunkler fought for a restricted weed killer that can harm plants and wildlife when it drifts to nearby land. He’s now at the E.P.A., which wants to allow its use.
Los inuit del extremo norte ayudaron a resolver el misterio de una expedición que fracasó en el siglo XIX. Ahora, Canadá los necesita para reforzar su reclamo sobre esta región disputada recientemente.
A medida que las empresas tecnológicas construyen centros de datos en todo el mundo para hacer avanzar la inteligencia artificial, las comunidades vulnerables son afectadas por apagones y escasez de agua.
El país sudamericano ha atraído inversiones, ha fomentado el talento y está desarrollando capacidades en materia de IA. Muchos chilenos, que ven la inteligencia artificial con recelo, se preguntan si vale la pena.
The Inuit of the far north helped solve the mystery of a doomed 19th-century expedition. Now Canada needs them to strengthen its claim to this newly contested region.
If you’re a writer or filmmaker hoping to create a hell on earth, might as well start with the most famous city in the world.
As tech companies build data centers worldwide to advance artificial intelligence, vulnerable communities have been hit by blackouts and water shortages.
Political debates have flared across Chile over artificial intelligence. Should the nation pour billions into A.I. and risk public backlash, or risk being left behind?
Paintings, poems and science are on display at the Museum of the North in Fairbanks, illustrating the shared impact when carbon is released from the permafrost.
Federal forecasters broke down the most likely scenarios around the United States this week.
A federal judge threw out their climate lawsuit against the president a few days ago. But legal experts say there was a silver lining in the judge’s opinion.
Financial regulators said the Biden-era policy was superfluous. Democrats said it protected financial stability in an era of unpredictable weather.
The state also announced it was suing three other companies that it said illegally marketed their plastic bags as being recyclable when they were not.
A prolonged drought and other factors have muffled the kaleidoscopic blend of reds, oranges and yellows in some areas of New England this fall.
A Long Island woman had no idea what had hit her. Her pursuit of an answer led to a mosquito-borne disease rarely seen in the United States.
Federal workers who issue permits for oil, gas and mining operations are on the job, along with those working to repeal pollution limits.
As nations vote on a draft agreement at the International Maritime Organization this week, the Trump administration says it could sanction those supporting it.
Conservation biologists propose a daunting task: protecting Earth’s diversity of bacteria and other microbes.
Baby boomers had a good run. Now we’re all paying for it.
The Trump administration has sharply cut tax credits for renewable energy, while it adds to longstanding subsidies for fossil fuels.
Surging emissions from wildfires may have been behind the increase, which was the largest since modern measurements began more than half a century ago.
President Trump has said he wants to eventually shift the burden of disaster relief and recovery onto states. It’s already happening.
Ten members of Congress wrote in a letter to the governor that a gas pipeline proposed for New York Harbor runs counter to the state’s emissions reductions goals.
The group had challenged the president’s executive orders as unconstitutional. A judge “reluctantly” said the suit was too broad in scope.
It seemed that last year’s wildfire in Los Angeles had been extinguished safely after two days. But it had just gone underground.
Adaptation is a matter of survival, and the city may have to throw every solution available at a worsening situation.
Research in the U.S. Southwest could expand lifesaving efforts for hazards that follow wildfires across the globe.
Los agricultores brasileños presionan para hacer retroceder las restricciones a la deforestación con el fin de vender más soya al enorme mercado chino.
Brazilian farmers are lobbying to roll back deforestation restrictions in order to sell more soybeans to the huge Chinese market.
Some artists offer a glimpse of a future that is already occurring in some climates. Others imagine a world past the point of survival.
The remote village of Kipnuk planned to use the money to protect against flooding. On Sunday, it was inundated.
As President Trump tries to revive the United States coal industry, research has found that closing a coal facility can improve local health.
Four years after a global pledge to end deforestation, the amount of money going toward conserving and restoring forests is not enough, the analysis found.
With declining consumption and many challenges, wine must emphasize its environmentalism and affordability.
Las lluvias torrenciales desencadenaron inundaciones y deslaves mortales en cinco estados mexicanos, dejando un rastro de destrucción.
Torrential rains set off deadly floods and landslides across five Mexican states, leaving a trail of destruction.
President Trump has been a cheerleader for coal miners. But these miners say his administration is failing to enforce limits on a lethal workplace hazard.
El cambio climático está transformando los ecosistemas del extremo norte. Un equipo internacional de científicos ha hecho algunos descubrimientos sorprendentes.
With books like “Woman and Nature,” she pioneered a unique form of creative nonfiction, linking violence against women to the ravaging of the environment.
The Trump administration canceled a $7 billion program intended to help low- and moderate-income families install rooftop solar panels.
China is building a network of ultrahigh-voltage power lines to carry solar and wind energy hundreds and even thousands of miles as few citizens dare to protest.
Known as Esmeralda 7, the project planned in the Nevada desert would have produced enough energy to power nearly two million homes.
Climate change is transforming ecosystems in the far north. An international team of scientists has made some surprising discoveries.
Sea turtles are making a surprising comeback, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature. The news was not so good for Arctic seals.
The Trump administration has sharply cut funding for scientific research and eliminated thousands of jobs. We spoke to scientists about the work that was lost.
Energy costs have become a central issue in the governor’s race between Jack Ciattarelli, the Republican, and Representative Mikie Sherrill, the Democrat.
The president is going after clean energy, and Americans will face higher bills as a result.
For a new series, Times journalists are speaking with scientists whose research has ended as a result of policy changes by the Trump administration.
“Fundamentally, we were trying to learn about these systems to prevent people from dying unnecessarily from heat,” said Kevin Gurney, an atmospheric scientist.
As New York and other states tally the damage, a leaked document suggests more Energy Department cuts may be coming.
The world generated more electricity from renewable energy than coal for the first time ever, a new report finds. The United States is lagging behind.
Communities including Baltimore and Annapolis are asking the state’s top court to revive a case accusing oil companies of spreading disinformation.
The lawsuit accused the Environmental Protection Agency of illegally revoking the money without congressional approval.
They feast on bubbles of methane seeping out of the ocean floor. Could their appetites be harnessed to slow climate change?
The city’s millions of residents are crammed together, competing for space to live, play, work and rest.
Loss has become a pervasive condition of life in Europe and America.
The agency is demanding certification that population counts, used to determine grant allocations, exclude people who have been recently removed from the country.
The Trump administration is emphasizing defense concerns instead of climate research in the rapidly warming Arctic region.
For the Climate Forward live event, we gathered recordings of a melting glacier, the Amazon jungle and the underwater Arctic, all soundscapes that are rapidly changing.
If a shutdown continues, it could interrupt the Environmental Protection Agency’s work and pull workers from maintaining national parks.
The past decade in particular has seen an uptick in devastating blazes linked to climate change, according to the study.
The cuts almost entirely affect Democratic-led states as the two parties fight over the shutdown of the federal government.
At a Climate Forward live event, Anthony Albanese, the prime minister of Australia, talked about his country’s battles against the effects of climate change.
At a Climate Forward live event, Senator Brian Schatz, Democrat of Hawaii, said his party needed to change the way it talked about climate issues.
At a Climate Forward event, David Wallace-Wells explores why global momentum on climate action is faltering, even as clean energy technology rapidly advances.
At a Climate Forward live event, Scott Strazik, the chief executive of GE Vernova, talked about how his company is navigating President Trump’s energy policies.
At a Climate Forward live event, the billionaire Andrew Forrest urged President Trump to visit Australia to see the effects of climate change.
At a Climate Forward live event, Bob Mumgaard, the chief executive of Commonwealth Fusion Systems, said his company might be near a breakthrough.
At a Climate Forward live event, Hilda Heine, president of the Marshall Islands, discussed her nation’s uncertain future as seas rise.
A Times correspondent who interviewed Dr. Goodall recalled their conversations about the state of the planet.
The pope invoked his predecessor, Francis, for whom the environment was a core issue, but stopped short of criticizing world leaders dismissive of climate change.
Hemos preguntado a médicos, químicos y expertos de la industria de la belleza qué es bueno para tu piel y también para el medio ambiente.
The E.P.A. plan would allow grocery stores, air-conditioning manufacturers and others to phase out hydrofluorocarbons in cooling equipment more slowly.
The burning of coal is the largest contributor to climate change worldwide. But the Trump administration sees United States coal as crucial.
The address comes 10 years after his predecessor’s groundbreaking statement on global warming. His words will be watched for signals on the direction of the new papacy.
Turmoil in Washington is distracting from efforts to fix a flood insurance gap and replenish a key disaster relief fund.
Las tripulaciones pesqueras informaron de un aumento extraordinario de las capturas del octópodo este verano. El fenómeno ha resultado lucrativo, pero también ha sido un problema.
En este país, las causas y los efectos del cambio climático están a la vista y las dolorosas compensaciones necesarias para combatirlo se sienten de forma aguda.
More than a third of Etosha National Park in Namibia has burned, threatening the rich biodiversity in a popular tourist attraction.
The new effort, which includes opening 13.1 million acres of federal land for mining and eliminating pollution limits, aims to save an industry that has been declining for decades.
The end of a federal tax credit is expected to push sales of battery-powered cars down but auto experts believe the market will eventually recover.
We asked doctors, chemists and beauty industry insiders what’s good for your skin and the environment, too.
The highly intelligent cephalopods filled fishing nets and gobbled up crabs and lobsters in Devon and Cornwall this summer.
Sonam Wangchuk, who was arrested on Friday, is the face of resistance to what he says is government overreach in a small but strategically important Himalayan region.
Business leaders and trade organizations have been especially worried by attempts to stop work on wind farms that had already secured federal approval.
Beijing’s climate and trade pledges at the U.N. highlighted how modest moves can stand out when the United States is pulling back from global leadership.
In his United Nations address, President Trump lashed out at wind turbines, environmentalists and allies around the world while dismissing the dangers of climate change. Somini Sengupta explains the facts on climate change with three charts.
This town’s minerals make A.I. possible. Then came Hurricane Helene. Kate Crawford is a professor at the University of Southern California, a senior principal researcher at Microsoft Research and the author of “Atlas of A.I.”
Some issues in the document, which is issued every four years, had become politically inconvenient, former officials said.
Sylvie Macmillan’s square muted nails have been called “the manicure for fall.” Plus, clothing lines from Kim Kardashian and a Gen Z domestic diva.
Spruce Pine, N.C., supplies the world’s highest-purity quartz, a mineral that keeps the A.I. revolution afloat. What are the consequences?
While the West is distracted and divided, China is focused and surging ahead.
Small, everyday actions to minimize water use add up the more people do them.
The nation’s top federal health official said the United States could not support W.H.O. policies that he claimed promoted abortion and “radical gender ideology.”
At the Climate Forward live event, we spoke to top policymakers about China, the Trump effect on climate policy and the boom in artificial intelligence.
At the Climate Forward live event, Manish Bapna, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council; Abigail Dillen, president of Earthjustice; and Bill McKibben, an author and activist, discussed how the environmental movement needs to change to win over more Americans.
At the Climate Forward live event, Jake Sullivan, former national security adviser under President Biden, said the Trump administration’s approach to climate posed serious risks to U.S. military operations and interests.
Will the boom in A.I. drive up greenhouse gas emissions? At the Climate Forward live event, the chief sustainability officers at Google and Microsoft discuss their companies’ net-zero ambitions.
At a Climate Forward live event, Chris Wright defended President Trump’s crackdown on renewable energy, and said he would push for other countries to withdraw from a global climate pact.
At the Climate Forward live event, Gov. Gavin Newsom discussed how he’s pushing back against President Trump’s sweeping rollback of environmental regulations and why he thinks Trump’s latest comments on climate are “an abomination.”
Plus, how big was Jimmy Kimmel’s first night back?
The world is hot — and only getting hotter. We looked at what places around the globe are doing to keep cool.
In a day of live journalism, California’s governor assailed President Trump, and the U.S. energy secretary called for countries to quit the Paris Agreement on global warming.
“The Office” actor read his essay, “What I Learned at a Fire Ceremony With King Charles,” at The New York Times’s Climate Forward event, encouraging others to re-evaluate their relationship with nature.
Speaking at The New York Times’s Climate Forward conference, Gov. Gavin Newsom of California slammed President Trump’s comments on climate change at the United Nations, while Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Trump should get the “hero of the climate” award.
Physicists have devised a new model to account for the discomfort that airline passengers know all too well.
On Wednesday in New York, countries lined up to say they would accelerate their efforts to cut greenhouse-gas emissions. In staying away, the U.S. was all but alone.
President Xi Jinping told a U.N. climate summit that China will reduce emissions across its economy, expand renewables sixfold and make electric cars “mainstream.”
China’s green-tech revolution has fueled climate optimism. But now the country seems to be pivoting.
Gov. Gavin Newsom of California called President Trump’s comments “an embarrassment.”
Andrew Forrest, the executive chairman of the mining company Fortescue, invited President Trump to see the damage Australia is experiencing as the planet heats up.
Speaking at The New York Times’s Climate Forward event, the chief sustainability officers of Microsoft and Google said that their goals to achieve net-zero emissions or better by 2030 are still achievable.
Kongjian Yu, destacado arquitecto paisajista, y otras tres personas murieron cuando la avioneta en la que viajaban se estrelló en una zona pantanosa.
In a panel on the future of climate activism, the author Bill McKibben said the U.S. risks falling behind on green tech due to the Trump administration’s rollbacks on environmental initiatives.
Kongjian Yu, a prominent landscape architect, and three other people were killed when the aircraft crashed in a wetlands region.
Still, European nations are struggling to agree on how much to cut their greenhouse gas emissions, the E.U.’s climate commissioner said in an interview.
To transform our relationship with our planet, we need to value nature as profoundly sacred.
In a remarkable United Nations address, the president lashed out at wind turbines, environmentalists and allies around the world while dismissing the dangers of climate change.
The new timeline could slow cleanup in some communities by nearly a decade. The chemicals, widely used in the military, are linked to cancers and other health risks.
Al reflejar la luz solar hacia el espacio, las diminutas partículas de azufre protegían a la Tierra del calentamiento causado por las emisiones humanas de dióxido de carbono.
Nesting often high in the redwoods’ canopy, the marbled murrelet faces new and longstanding risks.
The state has led the country in adopting electric cars and reducing gas use, but it now faces much higher gas prices as oil companies plan to shut down refineries.
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.
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.